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Mental Health of Post Graduate Students during COVID-19 Pandemic

1Department of Education, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India


American Journal of Educational Research. 2022, Vol. 10 No. 6, 401-408
DOI: 10.12691/education-10-6-5
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Santosh Kumar Behera, Tiya Mondal. Mental Health of Post Graduate Students during COVID-19 Pandemic. American Journal of Educational Research. 2022; 10(6):401-408. doi: 10.12691/education-10-6-5.

Correspondence to: Santosh  Kumar Behera, Department of Education, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India. Email: santosh.behera@knu.ac.in

Abstract

The aim of the current study is to examine the Mental Health of Post Graduate students at Kazi Nazrul University during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Paschim Bardhaman District of West Bengal, India, using the Descriptive method, specifically the normative survey strategy. As representative samples of the population as a whole, 150 Post Graduate students (47 males and 103 females) from Kazi Nazrul University in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal were considered. Post Graduate students were selected using simple random sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data was analysed using the mean, standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, and regression analysis. The study revealed that the Mental Health of the Post Graduate students was average or moderate during the COVID-19 pandemic. As revealed by this study, the Mental Health of Post Graduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic were not significantly different between their Gender (Male-Female), Locality (Rural-Urban) and Stream (Arts, Science, and Commerce). Further, it was found that Gender, Locality, and Stream did not have any significant impact on mental health.

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