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Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Among Undergraduate Students: A Systematic Literature Review
Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Among Undergraduate Students: A Systematic Literature Review
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Systematic Literature Review 55
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MD. SALIMULLAH, 18-37541-1, CSE, American International University-Bangladesh 58
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MAHMUD, NAFI, 17-33793-1, CSE, American International University-Bangladesh 61
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COVID-19 or coronavirus disease has shattered many lives and affected almost every sector of a country. Education is one of the sectors that
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are heavily disrupted by this disease. A psychological impact on university students has seen regarding education and communication gap
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issues, and these problems lead many of them towards depression. Major reasons for impact related to physical and mental health problem, 65
14 as well as education system shifting to online which led undergraduate students to have an impact. The purpose of this study is to find 66
15 out the psychological impact of COVID-19 on university students based on existing literature and research work which will be conducted 67
16 through a Systemic Literature review. This paper explores the related work of psychological impact of COVID-19 on university students 68
17 from the published journals. 15 different articles published in different venues is selected and reviewed in this review. The study outcome 69
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provides the overall map of existing work, which determine some gaps and some opportunities which creates a future research direction.
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20 CCS Concepts: • General and reference → General literature. 72
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Additional Key Words and Phrases: Psychology, Psychiatry, COVID-19, novelcoronavirus, university students, mental health 74
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ACM Reference Format:
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Md. Salimullah, Sobhan Md Abdus, and Mahmud, Nafi. 2020. Psychological Impact of COVID-19 among Undergraduate Students: A
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Systematic Literature Review. In Woodstock ’18: ACM Symposium on Neural Gaze Detection, June 03–05, 2018, Woodstock, NY . ACM,
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New York, NY, USA, 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/1122445.1122456 79
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29 1 INTRODUCTION 81
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The World Health Organization (WHO) formally announced COVID-19 disease caused by a virus called SARS-CoV2
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when an unexplained case of pneumonia in Wuhan, China was spreading as a cluster which has outreach the level of a 84
33 pandemic that threatens nations all over the world. Till date (19th December, 2020) more than 79,420,445 confirmed 85
34 cases and 1,744,169 deaths were reported due to this disease. Several efforts have been made to mitigate this Curve of 86
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COVID-19 cases such as lock-down, quarantine, Social distance, physical distance. In addition to the Healthcare sector,
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almost all fields have been hit by efforts in order to reduce this curve. So far, the majority of education institution have 89
38 used Face-to-face approaches and contact between students and Teachers. Lockdown and Quarantine carried out Several 90
39 countries are slowing the rate of transmission COVID-19, have an effect on teaching and learning practices amongst 91
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Students and Teachers. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Efforts to advance education must be continued as one
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of the alternatives is by online learning [11] [9] [1]. Pervasive clusters of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 are 94
43 occurring linked with emotional trauma and signs of mental disease [13]. Psychiatrists around the world should be 95
44 conscious of this. These manifestations, their correlations, and methods to control them This covers all the needs of 96
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105 particular groups and the requisite precautionary steps to control the spread COVID-19. They will need to be mindful of 157
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the lacunae In the current literature, which will need to be filled out over time With more detailed professional practice
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and study.
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109 In view of the aforementioned priorities, a review of recent literature on psychological impact related to the COVID-19 161
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115 2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 167
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2.1 Research Objective
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118 The 2019 coronavirus pandemic has been a real threat and threatens numerous sectors, including education [7] [8]. The 170
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high number of new cases has prompted many countries to introduce locking and quarantine measures. This strategy
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led to the closing of many educational institutions in order to split the transmission chain. In comparison, the indirect
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122 consequence of COVID-19 is that the psychiatric disorder in population, including students, is becoming worse [6]. 174
123 Psychological impact due to many reasons has become different problem which requires more attention. This study is 175
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conducted to find the different aspects of psychological impact based on the previously conducted research.
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2.2 Research Questions 179
128 To explore the different aspects of psychological impact due to COVID-19 on university students a number existing is 180
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reviewed to answer some particular question such as, what is the psychological impact of COVID-19 due to physical
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health problem as well as mental health problem. Also, what is the psychological impact of COVID-19 due to online 183
132 education and disruption of learning, and lastly what is the psychological impact of COVID-19 due to overall observation. 184
133 To find the answers to these questions relevant research papers, journal articles are thoroughly but carefully reviewed. 185
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2.3 Article Selection
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137 2.3.1 Keywords and Search String 189
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. To find out the relevant research articles some keywords and search strings are followed, such as, “Psychiatry” OR
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“University students” OR “Psychological Impact due to COVID-19”, “Mental Health Disorder” OR “Mental Health in 192
141 COVID-19” AND (“COVID-19” OR “SARS-CoV-2”. 193
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144 2.3.2 Digital Libraries to Search 196
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. Digital Libraries were searched: PubMed, Elsevier, Google Scholar, ACM Digital Library, TCM. Finally, 15 papers
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were selected for the literature review in total after the thorough selection of publications. At the end of this review 199
148 document, the full list of all the articles is given in the references section. 200
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150 2.3.3 keyword search and Manual Selection 202
151 . The first author screened titles and abstracts to exclude obviously irrelevant articles and further examined the remaining 203
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full text reports to determine compliance with inclusion criteria. Later he screened relevant reviews for additional trials
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154 and examined full text reports of these additional records. In some cases, along with abstract, introduction and results 206
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313 learning by online courses and create a digital divide in education [9] [4]. In another study shows this Factors could 365
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obstruct online academic education for students: inabilities for using digital technology, failure to comply with the
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functions of virtual learning platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet, Google Classroom, Skype, lack of successful learning
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317 environments and other necessary equipment in universities, lack of standard of education, lack of or little training of 369
318 teachers for running [4] [7]. According to the study students, many challenges have been related to online learning in 370
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these areas: keeping time plans for online courses, scheduling times for assignments, gathering teaching materials due
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to online access blocking throughout many libraries, learning lab-based or realistic work-based lessons, persuading
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322 family members to maintain a proper home environment, and negotiating online exams with them. .one literature 374
323 discussed about good impact online learning during Lock down, which create a path by which student are able to utilize 375
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their time and that makes good psychological impact [4] [9] [1].
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3.4 RQ4: What is the psychological impact of COVID-19 due to overall observation?
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329 The most significant factor influencing the psychiatric illness of university students after the COVID-19 pandemic was 381
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news about COVID-19 itself, both news about the measurement of new cases, mortality rates, and the survival rate of
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COVID-19. Study reveals that there have been no additions to depressive symptoms after two weeks of testing, since 384
333 the news aired shows transparency and government intervention that has a soothing impact and decreases confusion. 385
334 Accordingly, another study indicates that psychiatric illness and associated habits change simultaneously with expanded 386
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public attention and proximity to the pandemic [6] [12]. Government has to demonstrate its behavior, and live the
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report due to COVID-19 via the news that aired a good statement in the right direction. So the people will know that the 389
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339 reduce the tension or discomfort they will feel during self-isolation. Whether states, on the opposite, showed the news 391
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without revealing their confidence in the war against the pandemic, fear, tension, and public disruption are likely to occur.
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345 4 FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS 397
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By assessing existing literature, we have found psychological impact of COVID-19 due to physical health problem,
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mental health problem, shifting to online education, New situation environment arise to undergraduate student. All the 400
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4.1 Long Term Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on university students
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COVID-19 among university students. As this pandemic occurring form last year, 2019.There is psychological impact to
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human being belong to any sector around all over the world. As this COVID-19 occurred since last year the existing
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359 literature based on short term psychological impact. As, there is no proved vaccine has not been invented till date 411
360 (21th December,2020).So this situation will be prolonged. For this long period of time, there will some sort of different 412
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psychological impact will arise among undergraduate students. So, there is a scope for future research based on long
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term psychological impact of COVID-19 on university students.
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In this systemic literature review we have reviewed all papers which is conducted based on university wise as well 471
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421 will differ ,a variety of aspect of psychological impact will arise in terms of continental undergraduate students. So, 473
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there is a scope for future research continent based psychological impact of COVID-19 on university students.
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425 4.3 Study on the Students from Different Levels 477
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In our SLR, all work was conducted on basis of undergraduate level students. There was differentiate of their year of
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study. In undergraduate the psychology of fresher and last year student are not same. Fresher undergraduate students 480
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5 VALIDITY THREAT
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434 For some kind of researcher bias, a systematic literature review consists of a detailed review with eyes wide open. This 486
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requires vigilance in every step of the review process, such as choosing papers, reviewing articles, etc. We carefully
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picked the papers in our review. Most of the manual selection process was followed and key points such as abstract, 489
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440 6 CONCLUSION 492
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442 This systemic literature review observes the psychological state of the undergraduate student with a COVID-19 pandemic 494
443 was evaluated and risk factors were illuminated. Most reports have identified a high incidence of adverse psychiatric 495
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effects. The effects mostly related to physical health problem, mental health problem, lack of socialization, shifting to
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online education, overall observation. In high, medium, and low-input countries the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes
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447 a unique challenge to psychological impact. As undergraduate student is mostly young, their emotion and anxiety, 499
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curve, prevention of psychiatric illnesses must be given particular priority. It is desperately required to incorporate
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government policies combining viral risk prevention with initiatives intended to mitigate mental health hazards.
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