Deb Sibnath, Dorji Nidup, Kar Samarjit, Maria Sunny Aleena, Deb Shayana, Ghosh Saugat, Chakraborty Shuvendu
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), Government of India (GOI), Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu 602 105, India.
Department of Public Health, Faculty of Nursing and Public Health, KhesarGyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan.
J Affect Disord Rep. 2023 Apr;12:100502. doi: 10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100502. Epub 2023 Feb 24.
COVID-19 pandemic causes serious threats to physical health and triggers wide varieties of psychological problems, including anxiety and depression. Youth exhibit a greater risk of developing psychological distress, especially during epidemics influencing their wellbeing.
To identify the relevant dimensions of psychological stress, mental health, hope and resilience and to examine the prevalence of stress in Indian youth and its relationship with socio-demographic information, online-mode of teaching, hope and resilience.
A cross-sectional online survey obtained information on socio-demographic background, online-mode of teaching, psychological stress, hope and resilience from the Indian youth. A Factor Analysis is also conducted on the recompenses of the Indian youth on psychological stress, mental health, hope and resilience separately to identify the major factors associated with parameters. The sample size in this study was 317, which is more than the required sample size (Tabachnik et al., 2001).
About 87% of the Indian youth perceived moderate to a high levels of psychological stress during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Different demographic, sociographic and psychographic segments were found to have high stress levels due to the pandemic, while psychological stress was found to be negatively correlated with resilience as well as hope. The findings identified significant dimensions of the stress caused by the pandemic and also identified the dimensions of mental health, resilience and hope among the study subjects.
As stress has a long-term impact on human psychology and can disrupt the lives of people and as the findings suggest that the young population of the country have faced the greatest amount of stress during the pandemic, a greater need for mental health support is required to the young population, especially in post pandemic situations. The integration of online counselling and stress management programs could assist in mitigating the stress of youth involved in distance learning.
新冠疫情对身体健康造成严重威胁，并引发了包括焦虑和抑郁在内的各种心理问题。年轻人出现心理困扰的风险更大，尤其是在影响其福祉的疫情期间。
确定心理压力、心理健康、希望和心理韧性的相关维度，并研究印度青年的压力患病率及其与社会人口统计学信息、在线教学模式、希望和心理韧性的关系。
一项横断面在线调查收集了印度青年的社会人口统计学背景、在线教学模式、心理压力、希望和心理韧性等信息。还分别对印度青年在心理压力、心理健康、希望和心理韧性方面的回报进行了因子分析，以确定与这些参数相关的主要因素。本研究的样本量为317，超过了所需的样本量（塔巴尼克等人，2001年）。
在当前的新冠疫情期间，约87%的印度青年感受到中度至高度的心理压力。由于疫情，不同的人口统计学、社会地理学和心理特征群体被发现有较高的压力水平，而心理压力与心理韧性和希望呈负相关。研究结果确定了疫情造成的压力的重要维度，也确定了研究对象中心理健康、心理韧性和希望的维度。
由于压力会对人类心理产生长期影响，并可能扰乱人们的生活，而且研究结果表明该国的年轻人口在疫情期间面临了最大的压力，因此对年轻人口，尤其是在疫情后形势下，更需要心理健康支持。整合在线咨询和压力管理项目可以帮助减轻参与远程学习的青年的压力。
