Difference of Obedience in following Health Protocols based on COVID-19 Conspiracy Belief Level among Adolescents

Husni Fadhilah, Nurmina

2021

Abstract

In order to prevent COVID-19 infectious, all kind of ages including adolescents have to follow the rules from government about health protocols. Obedience in following health protocols is the important things in COVID-19 infection control. But many kind of conspiracies related to COVID-19 comes into the society. Adolescent is the group that has vulnerability to believe in conspiracies. This research aimed to see the differences about obedience in following the rule of health protocols based on level belief in COVID-19 conspiracies. The method of this study is quantitative comparative. Subject were the high school adolescents that domiciled in Kuranji sub-district of Padang amount 190 which divided in 3 groups (N=190) taken by purposive sampling. Instruments are COVID-19 conspiracy belief scale and obedience in following health protocols scale. Data analyzes of Kruskal-Wallis test has found sig. (p) 0,000 (p<0,05). The result has found there are significant differences about obedience in following the rule of health protocols based on level belief in COVID-19 conspiracies. Overall, sample was classified to obedience in medium level. Educational and Health Institution should educate about the serious impact caused by COVID-19 and also inform the COVID-19 hoax so that adolescents become more obey in following health protocols.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fadhilah H. and Nurmina. (2021). Difference of Obedience in following Health Protocols based on COVID-19 Conspiracy Belief Level among Adolescents. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Mental Health - Volume 1: Icometh, ISBN 978-989-758-586-9, pages 54-58. DOI: 10.5220/0011095200003368

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icometh21,
author={Husni Fadhilah and Nurmina},
title={Difference of Obedience in following Health Protocols based on COVID-19 Conspiracy Belief Level among Adolescents},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference of Mental Health - Volume 1: Icometh,},
year={2021},
pages={54-58},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011095200003368},
isbn={978-989-758-586-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference of Mental Health - Volume 1: Icometh,
TI - Difference of Obedience in following Health Protocols based on COVID-19 Conspiracy Belief Level among Adolescents
SN - 978-989-758-586-9
AU - Fadhilah H.
AU - Nurmina.
PY - 2021
SP - 54
EP - 58
DO - 10.5220/0011095200003368