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Comparative Study

| Published: September 30, 2021

Psychological Distress among Employed, Partially employed and Unemployed Youths Due to Pandemic: A Comparative Study

Inchara Chamaiah Swamy

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Christ College, Mysuru, Karnataka, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.191.20210903

DOI: 10.25215/0903.191

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Novel corona virus, COVID-19 has been declared as pandemic by the WHO (world health organization). The spread of corona virus has lead to wide spread fear which in turn has affected the daily life of every individual, more so the unemployed youths. The present study aimed to examine the level of psychological distress among employed, Partially employed and unemployed youths. The research was conducted on 101 youths in the age range of 18-35 years. The sample of the study consisted 60 unemployed and 41 employed Indian youths. Random sampling method was used in order to select the subject’s for the present study. Online survey method was adopted for the collection of data. Kessler Psychological distress Scale, (K10) was used to assess the level of psychological distress. In order to analyze the data mean, SD, “t” test and “f” test was used. The wide spread contagious outbreak has brought a halt to the fast moving modern world. Thus, this disease has affected every individual directly or indirectly. Such a change in one’s life has caused anxiety, stress and fear, though this is a natural reaction to an uncertain situation. The data reveals that there’s an alarming need to cope and manage the impact of the disease among unemployed youths to ensure good health and wellbeing.

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ISSN 2348-5396

ISSN 2349-3429

18.01.191.20210903

10.25215/0903.191

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Published in   Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021