Karadas, CananTopal, Cansu AkdagOzbay, Sevil cinarKanbay, YalcinAy, AyseNursing2024-07-052024-07-05202210883-94171532-822810.1016/j.apnu.2022.07.0192-s2.0-85134839000https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2022.07.019https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/2442Çınar Özbay, Sevil/0000-0002-9281-1614; Akdag Topal, Cansu/0000-0002-1851-1728Objective: This 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 behaviors.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCOVID-19 risk perceptionPreventive health behaviorMindfulnessNursing studentsArticleQ2416267WOS:00083726970000836428076