Abstract
Anxiety has increased with more information about the COVID-19 outbreak. The COVID-19 information can make people more aware and care about this pandemic. However, it also can make people feel panic and anxious. Emotional induction in the information is referring to how the emotion carried by the information can affect early adult’s anxiety, but the differences in effortful control level that each person has also define the level of anxiety someone experiences. The anxiety level related to effortful control is one dimension of temperament. This study is conducted in concern of the effect of emotional induction in COVID-19 information towards anxiety in high and low effortful control groups. This study used a quantitative method with quasi-experimental research. This study involves 218 early adults in an age range of 20-40 years old. This study used pictures from content information about COVID-19, Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and Effortful Control Questionnaire (ECQ) as the measuring tools. The results of the significance test show p <0.005. This means that there is an effect of emotional induction on anxiety at both high and low effortful control levels. This study shows that emotional induction in the form of COVID-19 information reduces anxiety in the respondent group with a high level of effortful control, but increases anxiety in the respondent group with a low level of effortful control. The effect of COVID-19 information on anxiety based on effortful control in the late adult (over 65 years old) group, in this study cannot be explained.
Highlights
Amid the sudden COVID-19 virus outbreak, the world seems to be shaken with and anxiety
This study shows that emotional induction in the form of COVID-19 information has a significant effect on the level of anxiety in the group of participants with a high level of effortful control by reducing the level of anxiety
The same emotional induction increases the level of anxiety in the group of participants with a low level of effortful control
Summary
Amid the sudden COVID-19 virus outbreak, the world seems to be shaken with and anxiety. With the amount of information constantly provided, people who are continuously exposed can experience anxiety, but to varying degrees These different levels are factored by an ability that each person has, their effortful control. 1692 International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 2021, Vol 10 emotions in viewers, which leads to an increase in anxiety If this continues without treatment, there is a concern that physical health is threatened because of the COVID-19 virus, and the mental health of people who are continuously exposed to COVID-19 information. They do not care about the appeal to avoid leaving the house Seeing this phenomenon, the researcher is interested in examining the role of emotional induction of COVID-19 information on respondents' anxiety with high and low effortful control abilities. Does the continuous exposure to information affect respondents' anxiety and how does the emotional induction affect the anxiety of respondents who have high and low levels of effortful control? This study involved respondents with an early adult age range (20-40 years)
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