Anxiety and Hope of the University Students During the Covid-19 Pandemic Period

The present study was designed to assess the anxiety and hope of the University students during COVID-19 pandemic period. Additionally, gender differences and socioeconomic status were also of interest as research factors. Anxiety scale, adopted Bangla version of Trait Hope scale and personal information blank were administered on randomly selected 300 students of Rajshahi University. One way ANOVA, t-test and Simple linear correlational analyses revealed that female students had emerged with more anxiety and higher hope than male students. Again, the findings indicated that students from low socio-economic status families reported higher levels of anxiety than that of students of middle and upper socio- economic status. In contrast to students from middle and higher socioeconomic status, those from lower socioeconomic status similarly reported low levels of hope. Aside from that, no significant differences in hope were discovered between students of middle and higher socioeconomic status. Further Simple linear correlation demonstrated a negative correlation between anxiety and hope.