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A Cross-Sectional Study on Mental Health of School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

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  • Sibnath Deb

    (Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Post Box No. 6, Sriperumbudur Post, Sriperumbudur 602105, India)

  • Samarjit Kar

    (National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Mahatma Gandhi Rd, A-Zone, Durgapur 713209, India)

  • Shayana Deb

    (Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Hosur Rd, Bhavani Nagar, S.G. Palya, Bengaluru 560029, India)

  • Sanjib Biswas

    (Calcutta Business School, Bishnupur 743503, India)

  • Aehsan Ahmad Dar

    (Department of Psychology, School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, SRM University Neeru Konda, Amaravati 522502, India)

  • Tusharika Mukherjee

    (Department of Psychology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Ludwigstraße 23, 35390 Gießen, Germany)

Abstract

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.

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  • Sibnath Deb & Samarjit Kar & Shayana Deb & Sanjib Biswas & Aehsan Ahmad Dar & Tusharika Mukherjee, 2022. "A Cross-Sectional Study on Mental Health of School Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India," Data, MDPI, vol. 7(7), pages 1-27, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jdataj:v:7:y:2022:i:7:p:99-:d:865397
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