Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)

Study on Psychological Stress and Life Behavior of College Students During COVID-19 Epidemic

Authors
Yuhan Zhan1, Junhua Zhang1, *
1Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 100084
1University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States, 84111
*Corresponding author. Email: zhujinghuige@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Junhua Zhang
Available Online 24 December 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.035How to use a DOI?
Keywords
psychological stress; life behavior; college students; Covid-19
Abstract

During the epidemic of Covid-19, under the combined effects of the fear of infection, academic workload and emotional pressure, college students are facing greater psychological stress than before. College students, a special group that has just transitioned to adulthood, have an unique psychological status, which has attracted extensive attention. Because of the varying living environment and cultural background, there may be distinct psychological differences between domestic and overseas college students. The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the similarities and differences of psychological stress between domestic and overseas college students in the Covid-19 epidemic, quantify the correlation between psychological stress and personal behaviors. Professor Yang Ting Zhong’s revised stress perception scale was used to quantitatively evaluate the psychological stress of the interviewees. Taking domestic college students and overseas college students as research subjects, this project investigates the psychological stress of college students during the epidemic. The questionnaire designed by the author mainly includes six parts: basic information collection, psychological pressure perception evaluation, the attention to the epidemic information, the behavior of mask wearing, study and entertainment, as well as social activities. Then the statistical analysis of collected data was performed. In this study, 140 domestic college students and 81 overseas college students were interviewed. The psychological stress of the subjects was measured by CPSS scale. The correlation between psychological stress and various behaviors of college students was analyzed. The research found that the behaviors such as consistent mask wearing, moderate understanding of epidemic progress, active involvement in the extracurricular activities and interaction with family members, effectively alleviated the psychological pressure of college students.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
24 December 2021
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.035
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211220.035How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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