COVID-19 Stress among College Students

Abstract

College students tend to exhibit COVID-19 induced fear of contamination and other psychological issues associated with the virus. This study aims to investigate the level of COVID-19 stress among college students. From December 15, 2021 to January 15, 2022, 150 volunteers filled Socio Demographic Profile developed by the researchers and COVID Stress Scale by Taylor et al. (2020) using incidental sampling technique. 143 data was considered for the final analysis. Percentage analysis showed that 43.3% of the participants were male and 65.7% were female, 46.9% of the participants were first born, 42.7% later born and 10.5% were only child in the family. There was no significant difference in COVID-19 stress based on gender, birth order and type of family. The major findings and implications are discussed in the article.