Psychological and socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Turkish population

The negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are not limited to psychological, but also include social and economic effects. This study investigated psychological, social, and economic effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the Turkish population. COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S) was used to collect data from 2143 participants. Results indicated that women showed the highest phobic reactions on the economic subscale whereas men showed the highest phobic reactions on psycho-somatic subscale. Patterns of differences varied among geographical regions but in general, eastern regions scored higher than western regions. Significant differences were also observed based on educational attainment; lower-middle class showed the highest scores on all the subscales.