Factors Related to Students’ Psychosocial Problems during Covid-19 Pandemic

  • Emilia Puspitasari Sugiyanto Universitas Widya Husada Semarang
  • Candra Hadi Prasetyo Universitas Widya Husada Semarang
  • Wijanarko Heru Pramono Universitas Widya Husada Semarang
Keywords: covid-19, stress, student

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic cause various burdens, not only social, teaching and learning restriction but also financial problem. These problem affect the society particularly students which manifest as psychosocial symptom including insomnia, anxiety, irritability, fatigue however, the factors associate with these symptoms remains unclear. Thus, this study aims to analyze the factors associate with psychosocial problems of students during Covid-19 pandemic. This study was conducted on 101 students using qualitative methods with a cross sectional approach. The results showed that the average age of students was 20.11 years. Most of the correspondent was female (93.1%) with a small proportion of male (6.9%). The respondent mostly living in the city (54.5%) and in a boarding house (63.4%) while only a few of them live with their parents (36.6%). The stress level evaluation showed that there are 50 students experienced stress (49.5%). The gender significantly becomes a factor in inducing stress due to the hormonal system. Hormonal system affect their emotional condition result in the increased of stress level.

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Published
2020-11-16
How to Cite
Sugiyanto, E., Prasetyo, C., & Pramono, W. (2020). Factors Related to Students’ Psychosocial Problems during Covid-19 Pandemic. Indonesian Journal of Global Health Research, 2(4), 309-314. https://doi.org/10.37287/ijghr.v2i4.240