Quarantine: A Psychological Burden among College Students of Metro Manila

Educational Psychology

Challenges are posed by the rapid onset of unexpected changes brought on by the pandemic, as well as the imposition of home quarantine to achieve social separation and reduce the danger of infection and this increases the chances of having an anxiety specifically to students. This study was conducted to assess the level of anxiety of the 50 college students from different locations during the extended lockdowns and quarantines. The chosen location of the researcher are Valenzuela City, Caloocan City, Quezon City, San Juan City and Mandaluyong City aged 19-60 years old. Results were revealed using Beck Anxiety Inventory and showed moderate anxiety to 32 college students. Given the value between the age and location of respondents, the correlation coefficient .347 shows that the relationship between these two variables are weak. It doesn’t give any significant relationship between the age of the respondents and their location. The high rating of anxiety scores in this study are due to powerful media coverage, the news and sometimes fake news in the social media platform, the controlled movement of the people and the essentials which are stated by the respondents of this study.

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