COVID-19 Anxiety and Loneliness among Indian Youth: An Empirical Research
- Author Dr. Monika Gwalani
- Co-Author Ms. Deepti Sharma
- DOI 10.17605/O
- Country : India
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Keywords : COVID-19 Anxiety, Loneliness, Indian Youth, Posttraumatic Stress, Social Anxiety, Mental Well-being.
Abstract
Background- The world is in the middle of a global pandemic, people are in fear for what may come next and that makes it all too catastrophic and spiral out into overwhelming terror, anxiety and panic. Due to this one of the main feelings people were experiencing is loneliness as people were locked inside their houses and not allowed to go in any social gatherings. Method- A sample size of 157 Indian youth (15-25 yrs.) participated in the online survey out of which 73 are males and 85 are females during the lockdown period in India. To assess the level of COVID anxiety and loneliness, Coronavirus Anxiety scale (CAS) and UCLA Loneliness Scale were administered respectively. Result- The result was analysed using SPSS. On the measure of covid-19 anxiety and loneliness, the obtained t-value was 1.29 & 1.02 respectively which was found to be statistically insignificant. On the other hand, the obtained correlational value was 0.33 which was found to be statistically significant. Conclusion- These findings interprets that there’s no gender difference on the measure of COVID-19 & loneliness which manifest that both the genders were having more or less equal amount of COVID-19 anxiety and loneliness, deteriorating their mental health and may cause them to suffer from posttraumatic stress, depression, social anxiety, internet addiction and other mental ailments. Hence, the mental health professionals are required to prepare effective intervention strategies which may promote their mental wellbeing.
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