Abstract
The study examines the social and psychological impact of the COVID -19 pandemic on university students in a number of variables related to daily activities, family relations, university student relations and psychological health. The study aimed to find out the effect of closure during the spread of COVID -19 on the psychological and social aspects of university students. The study was conducted from 1-26 November and a questionnaire was developed that was completed online using the Google Forms platform in order to reach the largest possible number of students. A random sample of students from the University of Blida 2 in Algeria was selected in the Faculties of Humanities and Economics, taking into account homogeneity. And the disparity in the university community. The sample size was 132 students.
 The most important results of the study can be summed up in that there are no significant differences in the social and psychological impact of COVID -19 on students who were infected with the virus and who were not infected with regard to variables of daily activity and university relations, but we find that the closure has affected family relations and the mental health of people with Corona virus.
Highlights
At the end of the year 2019, the world identified a new pandemic, it was thought at the beginning that it was just an epidemic which could be controlled, but COVID-19 exceeded all expectations and spread in a few weeks to become the most deadly pandemic in human history
Table No 5 shows that there is a high difference in the averages associated tothe impact on Psychological health between infected and noninfected students, as we find that the average of students with Covid-19 and whose Psychological healthwas affected by injury was 97.82, while we find that the average of students who did not have
COVID-19, this was reflected on their mental health, which reached 42.82, which means that there is a clear impact on the Psychological healthof infected and uninfected students during the period of the Corona virus outbreak, and that this difference is significant in the Man-Whitney test
Summary
At the end of the year 2019, the world identified a new pandemic, it was thought at the beginning that it was just an epidemic which could be controlled, but COVID-19 exceeded all expectations and spread in a few weeks to become the most deadly pandemic in human history. The number of infected persons reached more than 51 million cases around www.psychologyandeducation.net the world and more than one million deaths until November 12, 2020 (https://covid19.who.int) Through these estimated and approximate statistics, it is possible to talk about the extent of psychological fear and the accompanying social changes among the affected and unaffected persons. The Problem of the Study: The closure measures imposed by the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic have affected many social, psychological and mental health changes, as the emotional reactions to the pandemic varied This matter was absent in this case because of the ambiguity that accompanied employees Some studies, such as (Wenjun Cao et al 2020) referred to the psychological stress that the epidemic caused on university students in China, and the consequences of the general anxiety disorder. Analysis: To analysis of the variables and answer the study questions, as shown in the following tables:
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