Abstract:

The main purpose of this study is to determine whether emotional intelligence has a role in the effect of covid 19 phobia on health perception. In line with the purpose of the study, data were collected from 331 students studying in the health services department at Iğdır University, using the online survey method via Google Form. According to the results of the analysis of the data obtained, health perceptions and emotional intelligence levels of health care students are high, and covid 19 phobia levels are moderate. As a result of path and mediation analyzes, it was found that covid 19 phobia had a significant effect on health perception and emotional intelligence, and emotional intelligence had a significant effect on health perception, and as a result of mediation analysis, covid 19 phobia had a partial mediator effect of emotional intelligence on health perception. It has been determined that the level of emotional intelligence and health perception of students who do sports is higher than that of males, the level of emotional intelligence increases as age and income status increases, and the level of health perception is higher in non-smokers.

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