Influence of Personality Type and Sex on Mental Health: An Analytical Study among College Students during Period of COVID-19

Authors

  • Arun Chandu Shinde Associate Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, SGM College, Karad, India

Keywords:

Optimistic attitude, Academic resilience

Abstract

The present study endeavoring to find out the effect of personality and sex on mental health of college students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mental Health was assessed of 200 college students (100 boys; 100 girls) by using mental health Scale prepared by Dr. Anand Kumar and Dr. Giridhar Thakur. Age range of students is between 18-23 yrs. To analyze the obtained data two-way ANOVA was used. Results revealed that, Personality has an influence on Mental Health, students having Type-A personality has superior Mental Health comparing to those students who having Type-B personality. There is no sex difference in respect to Mental Health. There is no interaction effect of personality and sex found on mental health.

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Published

17-05-2022

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 5 (2022)

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2022 Arun Chandu Shinde

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

[1]
A. C. Shinde, “Influence of Personality Type and Sex on Mental Health: An Analytical Study among College Students during Period of COVID-19”, IJRAMT, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 67–70, May 2022, Accessed: Nov. 21, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://journals.ijramt.com/index.php/ijramt/article/view/2047