Senior Project Advisor

Alex Czopp

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Fall 2023

Keywords

Hindus, Indians, religious coping, pandemic, loneliness

Abstract

This article is a culmination of the social challenges faced and the solutions found by people in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. The problems faced during the pandemic are still getting unraveled, even after three years. This paper examines the social challenges, such as mental health awareness, including suicide and physical health issues, the effects of loneliness and the reason for the loneliness felt during the pandemic, and the solutions created, such as the usage of technology and religion in positive and negative ways to reduce mental health issues faced during the pandemic. Additionally, this article includes two studies. The first study discusses religious coping amongst non-Hindus and Hindus, whereas the second study is a questionnaire that looks at how Hindu, Asian Indians faced the pandemic period in the United States. The questionnaire includes how loneliness affected mental health and physical health issues, how social media helped or didn't help people through the lockdown, and how religion was a coping mechanism for people during the pandemic.

Department

Psychology

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---India; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020---India--Religious aspects; Hinduism--India; Loneliness--India; Mental health--India

Geographic Coverage

India

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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