The Mediating Role of the Anxiety Level in the Effect of Trusting Co-Workers on Helping Behaviours to Co-Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to determine the mediating role of the anxiety level in the effect of trusting co-workers on helping behaviors to co-workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A hospital-based cross-sectional research design was used in the study. The study population consisted of nurses working in four different public hospitals providing secondary health services in other regions of Istanbul. The convenience sampling method was preferred in the study. The data were collected by the researchers themselves using the online questionnaire technique. The total number of questionnaires evaluated and used to analyze the data is 527. IBM SPSS Statistic Base 23 V and AMOS package programs were used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, ANOVA test, and structural equation modeling were applied to the data. The findings obtained with the structural equation analysis showed that the model's construct validity was provided. The empirical result of the study revealed that the outbreak of COVID-19 increased nurses' anxiety levels. In addition, it has been determined that the effect of nurses' on Helping Behaviours to Stratejik ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi trust towards each other on their helping behavior is partially mediated by COVID-19 anxiety. The COVID-19 anxiety levels of the nurses, who acted with a high sense of trust in their colleagues, decreased their helping behavior towards each other.