COVID-19 Pandemic: Effect of Lockdown on Mental Health and Self-Esteem Between Genders

• Autorzy: Anwar Ali , Mohammad Ahsan , Israr Ali

Warianty tytułu

Pandemia COVID-19: wpływ izolacji na zdrowie psychiczne i samoocenę w zależności od płci

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic leads to higher levels of psychological problems such as anxiety, depression, stress, and mental health in the male and female population. This study aim to compare mental health and self-esteem among male and female during the COVID-19 pandemic. A crosssectional design was adopted to conduct this study on a sample size of 440 participants. An online survey was designed on a Google form using the Mental Health Inventory (MHI) questionnaire developed by Veit and Ware in 1983. MHI has four subscales, i.e. anxiety, depression, behavioral control, and positive affect. Another questionnaire for self-esteem was used with a 10-item scale, developed by Rosenberg using a 4-point Likert scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The results showed that male participants have a higher level of anxiety (46.94 ±22.45), depression (49.36 ±24.31), behavioral control (44.47 ±20.12), and positive affect (36.70 ±19.88) when compared to female participants. Furthermore, women have a higher level of self-esteem (22 ±3.78) than men. Male and female participants have a statistically significant difference (0.000) for mental health subcomponents. Self-esteem is insignificant for male and female participants. The findings of our study revealed that men and women equally suffered from anxiety, depression, and behavioral control which influenced to the challenges of mental health during the lockdown period. Therefore, there is an urgent need for every individual to adopt precautionary psychological measures to avoid the negative effect of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and mental health.(original abstract)

Pandemia koronawirusa (COVID-19) prowadzi do zwiększenia poziomu problemów psychologicznych, takich jak lęk, depresja i stres oraz wpływa na zdrowie psychiczne mężczyzn i kobiet. Niniejsze badanie ma na celu porównanie zdrowia psychicznego i samooceny wśród mężczyzn i kobiet podczas pandemii COVID-19. Badanie przeprowadzono w formie ankiety on-line przygotowanej w formularzu Google na grupie 440 uczestników. Użyto półstrukturalnego kwestionariusza MHI (mental health inventory) opracowanego przez Veita i Ware'a w 1983 roku. MHI zawiera cztery podskale opisujące lęk, depresję, kontrolę zachowania i pozytywny afekt. Wykorzystano również kwestionariusz samooceny opracowany przez Rosenberga. Jest to 10-itemowa skala wykorzystująca 4-punktowy format skali Likerta w zakresie od "zdecydowanie się zgadzam" do "zdecydowanie się nie zgadzam". Wyniki pozwoliły stwierdzić, że mężczyźni w porównaniu z kobietami mają wyższy poziom lęku (46,94 ±22,45), depresji (49,36 ±24,31), kontroli zachowania (44,47 ±20,12) i pozytywnego afektu (36,70 ±19,88). Ponadto kobiety mają wyższy poziom samooceny (22 ±3,78) niż mężczyźni. Dla obu płci wykazano statystycznie istotną różnicę (0,000) w odniesieniu do podkomponentów zdrowia psychicznego. Okazało się także, że dla badanych poczucie własnej wartości nie jest istotne. Jednak zarówno mężczyźni, jak i kobiety jednakowo odczuwają lęk, depresję, kontrolę behawioralną, co potęgowane jest podczas okresu zamknięcia. Dlatego istnieje pilna potrzeba działania zapobiegawczego, aby uniknąć negatywnego wpływu lockdownu podczas pandemii COVID-19 na zdrowie fizyczne i psychiczne.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Mental health; COVID-19; Pandemic

PL

Zdrowie psychiczne; COVID-19; Pandemia

• Czasopismo: Intercathedra
• Rocznik: 2020
• Numer: nr 44(3)
• Strony: 115--122

Twórcy

autor

Anwar Ali

• Aligarh Muslim University, India

autor

Mohammad Ahsan

• Imam Abdurrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia

autor

Israr Ali

• 3Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, India

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