The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Well-Being of College Students (original) (raw)
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2021
ABSTRACTOVERVIEWThe ongoing Pandemic because of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused all the educational institutes including colleges to be closed for a very long time. As a result the students are compelled to remain in their homes for this time. Prolonged stay at home along with excess use of social media and other modes to “kill” the time are quite famous to cause certain health issues in a person, specially the teenagers and adolescents. Mental wellbegin, being a dimension of health as per WHO should not be ignored at all specially in these situations.METHOD OF STUDYAn Online Questionnaire is prepared based of the ZUNG Self Rating Anxiety and Self Rating Depression Scale (Pre-validated Scales). The Form is circulated digitally among the people and then we have collected the data in excel. Based on the result we have prepared our statistical chart.RESULTQuite a significant number of candidates were suffering due to the pandemic situation. 17.091% were suffering fro...
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS DURING COVID-19
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Psychological well-being is usually conceptualized as some combination of positive affective states such as happiness and functioning with optimal effectiveness in individual and social life. Psychological well-being during COVID-19 refers to an individual's overall mental and emotional state during the COVID-19 pandemic. It encompasses various factors such as autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life and self-acceptance. To study the psychological well-being of university students, an online survey was conducted with 174 students of Himachal Pradesh University, who were pursuing online education during COVID-19. Here Ryff and Keyes's (1995) scale was designed in the Google form and sent via social media like WhatsApp, email, and Facebook for data collection. t-test was used to analyze the data. The psychological well-being of male and female university students differed significantly on the 'Purpose of Life', whereas university students belonging to the social science stream were higher on the 'Autonomy' dimension of the psychological wellbeing as compared to university students belonging to the science stream during covid-19.
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Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 2022
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2021
Background: During the Covid-19 pandemic, a decrease of well-being and an increase of mental health problems were registered in medical and psychotherapeutic practices, counselling centers and clinics. According to previous studies, younger people and women seemed to be particularly affected. The aim of this study was to describe mental health problems of students and to draw consequences for the further handling of pandemics and other crises. Method: Students at the University of Heidelberg, a typical German "full university", were surveyed online using internationally comparable screening instruments like the Well-Being-Index (WHO-5) and the Patient-Health-Questionnaire (PHQ). In addition, the students had the opportunity to describe in a narrative form their well-being and to make suggestions how to improve their situation. Results: Out of a population of 27,162 students who were contacted by email, 2,137 students completed the questionnaire. The salient finding is that, according to the WHO-5 Well-Being Index, 72.2% of the respondents feel seriously impaired in their well-being. This corresponds to the finding that 75.8% of the respondents in the PHQ-D health questionnaire show indications of at least one syndrome diagnosis. Depression was found in 41.8% of the respondents in the PHQ-D. Indications of moderate-severe and severe depressive syndromes were present in 31.8%. Signs of somatoform syndromes are found in 25.4% and of anxiety syndromes in 20.0%. 1089 Students gave narrative reports on how they were feeling and made suggestions for improvement. About 75% reported severely reduced well-being. Their main complaints were loneliness and depression and lack of recognition for their specific academic and life situation during the pandemic. By far the largest proportion of students supposed that their mental health issues were caused and/or intensified by the pandemic-related social contact restrictions. The vast majority of them made reasonable suggestions for controlled relaxation of contact restrictions. Conclusions: Students suffer severely from the pandemic-related social restriction. In respect to future pandemic outbreaks or other crises leading to social isolation the dramatic consequences of social lock-downs should be taken into account. Under pandemic conditions we especially should support persons lacking social networks. Keywords Covid-19 Pandemic, Well-Being, Mental Health, Social Isolation, Depression, University Students
The Psychological Condition of Student in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era
Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities (IJCAH 2020), 2020
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Aim: The aim of the study is to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors and anxiety of university students about the Covid-19 epidemic at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: The study is a cross-sectional study. The sample consists of 1243 health students. The data were collected through an online questionnaire consisting of three parts. The questionnaire included questions to assess the socio-demographic characteristics of students, their level of knowledge, awareness and behavior about the Covid-19 pandemic, and the impact of the epidemic on their psychological health. The GAD-7 scale was used to assess students' anxiety levels. Results: In this study; 79.60% of the Health Care Students (HCSs) did not attend any training on COVID-19. Their sources of information were internet/social media (97.18%) and TV (97.18%). In the COVID-19 knowledge assessment test, it was found that 65.7% of them had a high level of knowledge. Most of HCSs thought that th...
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON EDUCATION, LIFE ACTIVITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
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The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected every facet of human life worldwide. Its spread has significantly restricted outdoor human activities. COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by coronavirus 2, leading to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2). The pandemic had a substantial impact on the daily lives of all student communities, including those in universities. Therefore, this study aims to assess the extent of COVID-19's influence on university students, investigating its correlation with their life activities and mental health. For this study, the researchers employed a descriptive survey research method, adopting both purposive and multi-stage sampling techniques to suit the study's objectives and nature. Data collection was carried out using self-made questionnaires, GAD-7, and PHQ-9 scales. The self-made questionnaire, along with the GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scales, were administered to 150 students at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha. This sample included 100 students from general courses, 50 from professional courses, and 67 at the undergraduate level, with 83 at the postgraduate level. The collected data underwent analysis using percentage analysis and the coefficient of correlation (r). The results of the study indicate that COVID-19 has had adverse effects on students' education, social lives, and mental health. Moreover, the study reveals a negative correlation between education and depression, daily life activities and mental health, and future plans and the mental health of university students. In contrast, it was observed that there is a moderately positive correlation between university students' social life activities and their mental health.
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The Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) has emerged as an epidemic and created devastating impacts on people by infecting them throughout the world. To safeguard human lives from COVID-19, many countries have announced lockdown for all types of activities, and people have been advised to stay at home. In India, the nationwide lockdown has created a serious matter of concern in all sectors. The education sector is also facing challenges due to this disease. In this study, a psychological impact of COVID-19 on graduating and post graduating students has been assessed. An online survey was conducted, using an organized questionnaire with a cluster and simple random sampling method for students to assess their status of mental health in terms of the level of panic, worry and anxiety experienced by them. Further, the obtained mental health status was attributed to various reasons such as listening to related news, thinking of pandemic, discussion about the pandemic, future insecurities, and the impact of social media. The statistical data revealed the fact that students were mostly found worried due to future insecurities. Thus, there is an identified need of taking measures to reduce anxieties, worries and panic to help and reduce the complexities of mental health of students. Finally, an approach relevant to this need is also proposed which may help the students to fight against the devastating mental health impact of this pandemic.
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COVID-19 has spread across the globe, resulting in significant changes in virtually every aspect of life. Previous researchs had shown that changes in the learning process during pandemic Covid 19 cause mental health problems among students. This study aims to reveal the mental health condition of students in terms of gender and learning methods. There were 170 participants in this study (129 women student and 41 men student). Data collection using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) was given via google form. The results showed that there were no siginificant diffrences in the levels of depression and anxiety between men and women student. In the condition of stress, there is difference levels stress among gender (p,0,05) Women more tend stress than men. The learning method had no influence on the mental health condition of students. In conclusion, the pandemic Covid 19 situation has an impact on stress and depression among students