• Prof. Manju K Pandey
• Ms. Deepshikha Tyagi
• Dr. Nidhi Roy Choudhury

The effect of corona virus on the physiology of an individual can be seen around us. Every day we can see the piles of data reports gathered and discussed worldwide with an increasing number of COVID positive cases and increasing death rates. World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak “A public health emergency of international concern.” It’s also high time to understand the impact of Pandemic 2020 upon the mental health of individuals and societies at large. The present study aims to assess the mental health of individuals during the pandemic 2020. A cross-sectional survey was conducted, where 750 people took the part willingly. After applyinginclusion and exclusion criteria a sample of 600 respondents was shortlisted. The age of the sample population ranged between 14-69 years (group M±SD, 33.032 ± 12.10). The sample was collected fromall over the country and the survey was organized by the Department of Psychology, HNBGU (A Central University) Srinagar Uttarakhand. To determine the association of mental health between individuals ofdifferent locality & gender the chi-square statistics has been used. The findings of the study show that the psychological wellbeing and mental health of the people have been affected during the pandemic 2020. The results concluded that the mental health of females has shown a clear decline than their male counterparts whereas the mental health of the urban population has been more affected as compared to the rural population. The results also indicate that stressors affecting mental health were found significant in the case of males & females residing in an urban area. Males of urban and rural areas were also experiencing similar stress during pandemic 2020

Mental Health, Mental wellbeing, Psychological stress, COVID- 19, Pandemic-2020.

"A Survey Study of Mental Health During Pandemic 2020", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.f622-f637, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203577.pdf

"A Survey Study of Mental Health During Pandemic 2020", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppf622-f637, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203577.pdf