Health practitioners' personality patterns as determinants of psychological immunity against the COVID-19 pandemic

https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS5.8832

Authors

  • Dhafer Mohammed Hamad Al-Qahtani Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Yahya Mubarak Suleiman Katatbh Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmed Saad Nasser Al-Ahmed Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Keywords:

Personality Patterns, Psychological Immunity, COVID-19 pandemic, Health Practitioners

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate whether or not health practitioners' personality patterns act as determinants of immunity against the COVID-19 pandemic. The study drew on Ashton and Lee's (2009) Personality Patterns Scale and Natour's (2020) Psychological Immunity Scale. A sample of 240 respondents completed the two scales. The results of the study indicated that there were no differences in some dimensions of psychological immunity of the pandemic health practitioners during the COVID-19 among the community members depending on the gender, job position, and academic degree variable. Meanwhile, the study found that the job position, academic degree, age, and workplace variables were relate to differences in some personality patterns. The differences related to all dimensions were in favor of the health practitioners with the highest years of experience. Finally, a high correlation coefficient of 0.776 was also found between psychological immunity with its dimensions (hardness, sources, and optimism) and health practitioners' personality patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. The value of the coefficient of determination (0.603 = R2) indicates that psychological immunity accounts for 60.3% of the variation in personality patterns, and the existence of an effect of psychological immunity on health practitioners' personality patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Published

12-06-2022

How to Cite

Al-Qahtani, D. M. H., Katatbh, Y. M. S., & Al-Ahmed, A. S. N. (2022). Health practitioners’ personality patterns as determinants of psychological immunity against the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S5), 1167–1183. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS5.8832

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