Stress and coping strategies among higher secondary and undergraduate students during COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal.

ABSTRACT: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic has profoundly affected lives around the globe and has caused a psychological impact among students by increasing stress and anxiety. This study evaluated the stress level, sources of stress of students of Nepal and their coping strategies during the pandemic. A cross-sectional web-based study was conducted during the complete lockdown in July 2020 among 615 college students. Stress owing to COVID-19 and the lockdown was assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE) was used to evaluate coping strategies. To compare the stress level among participants chi-square test was used. The Student's t-test was used to compare Brief COPE scores among participants with different characteristic

SUBMITTER: Rijal D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021748 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature