Karadaş, CananTopal, Cansu AkdağÖzbay, Sevil ÇınarKanbay, YalçınAy, Ayşe2022-08-232022-08-232022Karadaş, C., Topal, C. A., Ozbay, S. Ç., Kanbay, Y., & Ay, A. (2022). The mediating effect of Covid-19 risk perception on the correlation between levels of mindfulness and preventive health behavior in nursing students. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing.https://hdl.handle.net/11494/4147This study aimed to investigate nursing students' levels of mindfulness and its effect on developing preventive health behaviors, and to examine the mediating role of COVID-19 risk perception on this effect. Design and measures: This study used a descriptive and correlational study design. Results: The level of mindfulness, accompanied by COVID-19 risk perception caused a.104-unit increase in developing preventive health behavior. Conclusions: The findings revealed that the indirect effect of the level of mindfulness on developing preventive health behavior was at a significant level; therefore, it is concluded that COVID-19 risk perception mediates the correlation between level of mindfulness. Practice implications: The present study is important to investigate nursing students' levels of mindfulness and the effect of these on developing preventive health behaviorseninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCOVID-19 risk perceptionPreventive health behaviorMindfulnessNursing studentsArticle41626710.1016/j.apnu.2022.07.019Q2Q2