Psychological impact of covid-19 crises on students through the lens of Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) model

• Published in: Children and youth services review 2021-01, Vol.120, p.105783-105783, Article 105783
• Main Authors: Pandita, Shailesh, Mishra, Hari Govind, Chib, Shagun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anxiety; Atlas.ti; Behavior change; Behavioral responses; Behavioural responses; CAI; Closure; College students; Computer assisted instruction; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Crises; Data analysis; Distance learning; Education reform; Fear & phobias; Internet; Measures; Medical treatment; Medicine; Pandemics; Qualitative methodology; Qualitative research; Research methodology; Retail industry; S-O-R model; Schools; Shopping; Shopping centers; Shopping centres; Software; Stimulus; Uncertainty
• ISSN: 0190-7409; 1873-7765; 0190-7409
• DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105783

•Academic anxiety due to post pone of examinations, internships and placements.•Students have given importance to their family members to maintain their emotional stability.•Potential risk of Mysophobia during Covid-19 pandemic.•Panic buying and shifting towards online learning platforms during Covid- 19 pandemic. The present outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has affected 28,584,158 people world-wide as of 13th September 2020 (WHO, 2020b). This crisis has created an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear. Due to the unavailability of the evidence based medical treatment, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are the best options at the present moment. Lockdown was one of such measures to control the spread of the Covid-19 disease. Due to lockdown measures, many countries across the globe followed the complete closure of shopping malls, transport networks, schools, universities, etc. This study aims to investigate the behavioural psychological changes among university students due to covid-19 crises and lockdown. Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) model has been adopted to develop a theoretical foundation for the research. Qualitative research methodology including a combination of personal interviews and focus groups has been adopted in the study to develop the themes with the help of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software, Atlas.ti 7. It has been found that students are suffering from academic anxiety, fear, Mysophobia, etc. As far as behavioural responses are concerned following behavioural changes have been found; Panic buying, e-learning, community support, support for prime-minister, etc.