Fear and Psychological Well-Being among Young Adolescents During Covid-19

Abstract

The current study was undertaken to measure the fear and psychological well-being of young adolescents in the time of COVID-19. To achieve the purpose of the study, 200 samples are collected from the two districts of Karnataka through purposive sampling method. The data for the study were collected using quantitative method in the questionnaire techniques. The Fear of covid-19 and Ryff‟s psychological well-being scale were administered to the sample. The independent t test was used to find out the significant difference between fear and psychological well-being. And correlation analysis was done to find out the relationship between the urban and rural young adolescents during COVID-19. The result of independent sample t test revels that there is no significant difference in the level of Fear of COVID-19 among urban and rural young adolescents and there is no significant difference in the level of Psychological well-being among urban and rural young adolescents. The result of the Karl Pearson‟s Co-efficient of Correlation revels that there is no significant relationship between fear and psychological well-being among urban and rural young adolescents. This study addresses the critical need to develop potential solutions and preventive measures to promote economic sustainability while also ensuring students’ psychological well-being