A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HOPELESSNESS AND GENERALISED ANXIETY AMONG STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED AFTER AND DURING COVID-19
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COVID-19 is a highly contagious respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The aim of this study is to compare hopelessness and generalized anxiety among students who graduated after and during COVID-19. The sample Size was 90 graduated students from jaipur and neighbouring cities with age ranging between 20 - 30. The Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD-7) developed by Spitzer, R. L et al.,( 2006) and Beck’s hopelessness scale developed by Aaron T. Beck (1974) were administered to the participants. Independent t-test was used to compare both the groups. No significant difference was found in hopelessness between students who graduated after and during COVID-19 and in Generalised anxiety between students who graduated after and students who graduated during COVID-19
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