Impact of Lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic on psychological wellbeing among healthy working adults (original) (raw)
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The nationwide Lockdown imposed in India in response to the containment of Novel Coronavirus Disease, COVID-19, has led to the inexplicit situation of people's Emotions. At one end of the spectrum are the responses that aroused due to difficulties witnessed, while the other end signifies the responses that emerged due to adaptation to the situation. The prevailing threat and fear necessitate the evaluation of emotional well-being during the lockdown. This study was conducted with the aim to assess the Emotional Well-being of individuals during Lockdown due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The Emotional Well-being Scale was administered on 100 individuals. This study traverses the impact of marital status and gender on emotional well-being during the lockdown phase. The results suggested that there is no significant difference on the aspects of dimensions of Emotional Wellbeing as Mental Health(MH), Emotional Resilience(ER), Emotional Health(EH), Emotional Happiness(EHP) and Total Emotional Well-being(TEW), when computed in relevance to gender and marital status. This led to the inference that respondents were affected by the pandemic situation in many similar ways. Keywords: COVID-19, Pandemic, Emotional Wellbeing, Coronavirus
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