Open AccessImpact of lockdown following COVID-19 on the gaming behavior of college students
Author(s) -
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara,
Dheeraj Kattula,
Simrandeep Singh,
Surekha Chukkali,
Rachna Bhargava
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_465_20
Subject(s) - covid-19 , coping (psychology) , pandemic , odds , psychology , logistic regression , stress (linguistics) , medicine , clinical psychology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , linguistics , philosophy
The uncertainty about the impact of the lockdown in wake of COVID-19 on their future academic and carrier prospects, besides other concerns; makes college students, particularly vulnerable to stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Gaming has been recognized as a coping mechanism against stress in the previously published literature.