Psycho-social Impact Psychological Concerns and Interventions “Academic Stress among College students during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown”

By : Kavita Gupta

Page No: 555-561

Abstract
During Lockdown situation, mostly in the college students, common feelings are fear of death, fear of being isolated, sense of meaninglessness, Anxiety have been observed. Moreover, the present Lockdown situation has shot up the Academic stress levels among college students where they are clueless about what to do next. The concept of Logotherapy can be very useful in alleviating the symptoms of Stress and Anxiety during COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown period. From a logotherapy perspective, it can be argued that meaning is an unconditional ‘potentiality.’ A low sense of meaning among students in the present crisis can lead to ‘existential frustration’ and/or the ‘existential vacuum’ (Frankl, 1978; Makola, 2007) thus inhibiting the pursuit of meaningful life. The Narrative literature review was conducted in order to, find the management solution for reducing Academic stress among college students. By Critically evaluating the literature surrounding Logotherapy, some analysis was done. Though, there is a dearth of literature and evidences in context of Logotherapy effectiveness in reducing the Academic stress of students, yet it lays down the foundation for empirical studies to be conducted in future. Moreover, a Logotherapy-based Psycho-educational model (Conceptual Framework) could be taken into consideration.

Author :
Kavita Gupta : Assistant Professor – Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat (INDIA).
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2020.15.02.17