Hypochondria among Employees Infected and not Infected with the Coronavirus in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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The present study aimed to identify the level of hypochondria among the infected and non-infected coronavirus employees and the differences according to infections and variables of gender (male-female), age (young adults), and marital status (single-married), and prediction of hypochondria through infection and non infection of coronavirus.
The study sample consisted of (446 employees of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in the Kurdistan regional government. The sample was selected by the cluster incidental) method, using Salkovskies et al., and a study survey for (100) employees. After psychometric measures, validities, and reliability, the study results showed low levels of hypochondria in the whole sample, and according to infection-non infection coronavirus,.the results show gender differences of hypochondria between males and females in favor of females, while there are no differences of hypochondria according to age and marital status. And the results show that infection with coronavirus and female gender contributed to predicting hypochondria as a dependent variable .According to these results, the researcher presents some recommendations and suggestions
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