The Detrimental Effect of Depression, Anxiety & Stress on Under-Graduates, Post-Graduates, and Freshly Graduates Students and Their Psychological Distress Triggered by COVID-19 Crisis

Abstract

Background: Heightened psychological rate for college students suffering and negative aca-demic implications downstream are common under normal circumstances. One published re-search has looked at the effects to date COVID-19 on schooling and health for the students (Cao 2020 et al.). About 25 percent of the sample recorded getting signs of anxiety which were optimistic correlated with greater academic issues delays, economic implications, and impacts of the pandemic everyday life. The study's goal, therefore, is to find out the impact of the pandemic on mental health & psychological distress on students going to college. Results: Of the 948 participants, most students and recent graduates did not have psychologi-cal symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and discomfort, but half had psychological distress (Female=195 & male=97). Although the majority of 20-23-year-old students reported moderate psychological distress and 189 undergraduates had a serious psychological distress experience. The gender ratio was not equal in our sample so 300 participants were chosen at random and assessed afterward. Results show that post-graduate females and freshly graduates male participants have more psychological distress among 300 participants. Conclusion: The COVID 19 outbreak was associated with mild to moderate depression, anxiety, and stress among college students, but most students experienced no mental health symptoms, although half of the students were seriously impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak and had a significant negative effect on their student psychological status. Keywords: COVID-19, DASS-21, IES-Revised scale.