A Perceptual Study on the Psychosocial Impact of Crisis

Abstract

Crisis is an instable condition leading to a decisive change in the social, political, economic or international affair. The Governments and institutions of various countries are making their best possible efforts to reduce the aftermath of such crisis by influencing the attitude and knowledge of the people towards the handling of such crisis situation. The present study aims at finding out the impact of the pandemic from overall perspective. The respondents were selected using the non-probability sampling technique, snowball sampling. A total of 350 questionnaires were distributed via google forms out of which 335 completely filled responses were considered for analysis of the data. The questionnaire was prepared after indepth review of the existing literature. It consisted of questions for evaluation of the perception of respondents towards the psychological, behavioral and health impact of the pandemic. The results state a positive impact of psychological and behavioral aspects on attitude while the health perspective seems to not have a statistically significant impact on attitude of respondents. The study will be useful to the policy makers for taking into consideration the psychological, social and health impact of pandemics while framing and implementation of policies during crisis.