A Cross-Sectional Study on Mental Health of School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
- Title
- A Cross-Sectional Study on Mental Health of School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
- Creator
- Deb S.; Kar S.; Deb S.; Biswas S.; Dar A.A.; Mukherjee T.
- Description
- The broad objective of the present study is to assess the levels of anxiety and depression of school students during the COVID-19 lockdown phase and their association with students background, stress, concerns and social support. In this regard, the present study follows a novel two stage approach. In the first phase, an empirical survey was carried out, based on multivariate statistical analysis, wherein a group of 273 school students participated in the study voluntarily. In the second phase, a novel Picture Fuzzy FFA (PF-FFA) method was applied for understanding the dynamics of facilitating and prohibiting factors for three categories of focus groups (FG), formulated on the basis of attendance in online classes. Findings revealed a significant impact of anxiety and depression on mental health. Further, PF-FFA examinedthe impact of the driving forces that steered children to attend class as contrasted to the the impact of the restricting forces. 2022 by the authors.
- Source
- Data, Vol-7, No. 7
- Date
- 2022-01-01
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Subject
- COVID-19; level based weight assessment (LBWA); mental health; picture fuzzy force field analysis (PF-FFA); school students; social support
- Coverage
- Deb S., Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Post Box No. 6, Sriperumbudur Post, Sriperumbudur, 602105, India; Kar S., National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Mahatma Gandhi Rd, A-Zone, Durgapur, 713209, India; Deb S., Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University, Hosur Rd, Bhavani Nagar, S.G. Palya, Bengaluru, 560029, India; Biswas S., Calcutta Business School, Bishnupur, 743503, India; Dar A.A., Department of Psychology, School of Liberal Arts Social Sciences, SRM University Neeru Konda, Amaravati, 522502, India; Mukherjee T., Department of Psychology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Ludwigstra 23, Gien, 35390, Germany
- Rights
- All Open Access; Gold Open Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 23065729
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Deb S.; Kar S.; Deb S.; Biswas S.; Dar A.A.; Mukherjee T., “A Cross-Sectional Study on Mental Health of School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/14933.