Stress and Anxiety among the Tribal Undergraduate Students of Odisha during Covid-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 outbreak, which happened at the end of 2019 had a severe impact on people. While much has been made of the massive physical destruction it has caused, but the psychological impact should not be underestimated.  The main purpose of this study is to explore the stress and anxiety level of tribal Undergraduate college students of Odisha during the covid-19 pandemic. We conducted an online as well as offline questionnaire survey of tribal undergraduate students by using the “Covid-19 Student Stress Questionnaire” (CSSQ) and the “Anxiety Questionnaire” (AQ). The data were collected by using some social media apps such as; WhatsApp and messenger and some data were collected using paper and pen. The present study was conducted on a sample of 204 (N=204) tribal undergraduate students of Odisha. Where male members are 54 % (N=110) and female members are 46 % (N=94). The mean age of the students is 20.17. We also collected data from three streams Arts (N=80), Science (N=67) and commerce (N=57). The data were gathered through a stratified random sampling method. Here we will apply different statistical tests such as descriptive and inferential statistics to find out the result by using the recent version of SPSS software. According to the previous literature, the covid-19 stress is significantly correlated to anxiety. Males and Females did not differ significantly in stress and anxiety. To validate this study, the major findings will be examined in terms of gender and stream of the tribal undergraduate students of Odisha in this covid-19 pandemic. Mental health specialists may be able to help the policymakers and other authorities in overcoming the psychological concerns associated with Covid-19.