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Exploring the triggering factors for mental stress of university students amid COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A perception-based study
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After the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, the Government decided for lockdown over two months lasting until 30 May 2020. All the universities, along with other educational institutions, are closed down until 19 December 2020. Such measures, however, have the potential to cause and exacerbate the mental stress in people, especially the students. The study aimed to explore the triggering factors which increase the mental stress of the students of both public and private universities amid COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, 1000 students of different public and private universities of the country were surveyed online. Under this study, a quantitative approach was undertaken to infer information from relevant variables through the use of descriptive analysis. Moreover, several virtual Key Informant Interview (KII) sessions were conducted with university teachers, education scholars and psychosocial counselor to get expert views on an effective education system, safeguard of the students and suggestions to reduce the stress of them. The survey result shows that students of private universities (80.6%) were found more mentally stressed than students of public universities (77%). Students of public universities were particularly stressed because of financial crisis and looming university session jam whereas, students of private universities were mentally stressed because of uncertainties of online classes/or activities and high tuition fees. Therefore, it is indispensable to bring in time-oriented policy and plan for the management of education system as well as safeguard of the students amid this pandemic and implement with strong monitoring may decrease the mental stress of them.
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- Authors
- Shafiq, S., Nipa, S. N., Sultana, S., Rahman, M. R.-U., & Rahman, M. M.
- Affiliations
- BRAC University (BD)
- Rabindra University (BD)
- Jahangirnagar University (BD)
- Corresponding author
- Nipa, Sharmin Nahar
- Venue
- Children and Youth Services Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-01
- Volume
- 120
- Pages
- 105789
- ISSN
- 0190-7409 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7837045
- OpenAlex
- W3110829068
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 4
- FWCI
- 2.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Children and Youth Services Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Social Sciences › Education › Education during COVID-19 pandemic
- Keywords
- psychological stress, university students, COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown, private universities, public universities, online courses, tuition fees, financial crisis, student mental health, education policy, Bangladesh
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