Effect of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of College Going Girls of Nalanda District

COVID-19 pandemic has affected individuals of all sections of society including the student’s community. This crisis has led to closure of educational institutes which has put their career at stake. Although online mode of teaching was carried out still majority of students mental health was affected because of unavailability of smart phones, lack of internet facilities. Lack of social interaction and confinement to home also affected mental health of girls. The present study was conducted with 200 college students selected from colleges namely Nalanda College, Kisan College, Allama Iqbal College and SPM college. Mental Health was measured by Mental Health Inventory developed by Jagdish and Srivastava (1983). A questionnaire was developed where response was recorded as always or never to measure effect of COVID-19 on mental health of students. Data collected was analyzed using different statistical techniques namely mean, percentage, standard deviation and chi-square test. Results after analysis of data revealed that majority of girls have moderate mental health also majority of them have average level of COVID-19. The study also found that there exists significant relationship between mental health of girls and their COVID-19 level. This study also suggested that certain measures undertaken by educational institutes will help in providing better mental well-being like conducting workshops on stress management techniques, improved technology for conducting online classes, adopting measures to spread awareness about mental health in college campus, good home environment at home will help in better mental health.