A study to assess the mental health and stressors related to COVID-19 during COVID-19 among adolescents at a selected college, Bangalore, India

Abstract

A study to assess the mental health and stressors related to COVID-19 during COVID-19 Pandemic among adolescents at a selected college, Bangalore. The objectives were to assess the mental health among adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic and to assess the level of stress and stressors related to COVID-19 among adolescents during COVID-19 pandemic. Quantitative approach with descriptive co-relational research design was used to assess the mental health and to find out the relationship between the level of mental health and stressors among adolescents. The investigator collected the data with the help of standardized scales fear of COVID-19 scale, Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD 7) scale to assess the level of mental health and also used COVID-19.Student Stress Questionnaire (CSSQ) to assess the stressors impact mental health during COVID-19 pandemic using Google forms as a platform to collect the data. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples and data was collected from 100 adolescents at a selected college, Bangalore. The data were collected and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.Findings of the study concluded that there is a relationship exists between the level of mental health with mean 27.12 + 12.86 while comparing with the scores of stressors with mean 8.82+6.42. The correlation coefficient value between the level of mental health and scores of stressors was found to be r=0.740 which indicates that there is a positive relationship between the variables. Stressors will have an impact on mental health among adolescents during COVID-19 Pandemic.