Isolation, Loneliness, and Social Interaction Due to COVID-19 Predicts General Anxiety

Abstract:

After COVID-19 many people began to isolate themselves. Isolation is known to affect people’s anxiety levels. It is unclear how each person’s COVID-19 isolation affected their anxiety because everyone took various precautions. We aim to test how isolation affects students and their general anxiety. We hypothesize that those who isolated themselves more will show higher levels of anxiety; intensity of isolation will predict higher anxiety; and those who experienced more in-person contact will show less anxiety. We conducted an online survey. We predict a significant correlation between isolation and general anxiety; that intensity of isolation will predict higher levels of anxiety; and that those who had more in-person contact will show less anxiety. These results may be useful in providing guidance to universities and their ability to handle students in isolation and quarantine.