Table Of ContentCOVID-19 Through the Lens
of Mental Health in India
This book provides an in-depth understanding of the impact of COVID-19
on the psychological health of people and communities in India.
Focusing on the current discourse on Mental Health literacy in India,
the book also analyses COVID-19-specific health beliefs and their
convergences and divergences with COVID-19 protocols and advisories. It
discusses the impact of the pandemic on survivors of COVID-19 including
their quality of life, psychological well-being, and coping mechanisms
while tackling loneliness, loss, and grief. It explores the psychological and
social challenges which children have faced during the pandemic and offers
techniques to address and adequately manage Mental Health challenges.
Grounded in theoretical and empirical research, this book will be of interest
to students, teachers, and researchers of psychology, social psychology,
Mental Health and wellness studies, and sociology. It will also be useful for
academicians, social workers, healthcare workers, and psychologists.
Tilottama Mukherjee is Associate Professor and Head of the Department
of Psychology at the University of Calcutta, India, and a RCI-registered
Clinical Psychologist. She has published extensively and has presented her
research in national and international conferences on Mental Health and
wellness, applied psychology, behaviour therapy, and social psychology.
COVID-19 Through the Lens
of Mental Health in India
Present Status and Future Directions
Edited by
Tilottama Mukherjee
First published 2023
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ISBN: 978-1-032-22561-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-032-39109-0 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-34842-9 (ebk)
DOI: 10.4324/9781003348429
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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
List of Contributors xiii
Preface xi
1 Health Beliefs and Compliance to Health Behaviours
During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among
Indian Adults 1
ASHMITA MUKHERJEE, URMIMALA GHOSE AND TILOTTAMA
MUKHERJEE
2 Unveiling Stigma: Exploring Mental Health Literacy
in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic 22
AVISIKTA BASU AND TILOTTAMA MUKHERJEE
3 Quality of Living in the Aftermath of a Pandemic 40
SUKANYA CHOWDHURY, TURFA AHMED AND TILOTTAMA
MUKHERJEE
4 Impact of Loneliness and Cognitive Emotion
Regulation in Psychological Well-being of Students
During the Pandemic 56
URMIMALA GHOSE AND TILOTTAMA MUKHERJEE
5 Nobody’s Child: Managing Mental Trauma of
Children With Mental Health Issues 80
ANIRUDDHA DEB
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6 Empowering Through Solution-Focused
Conversations: Context of COVID-19 Crisis 92
JASEEM KOORANKOT AND TILOTTAMA MUKHERJEE
7 Concluding Remarks – Current Standing and Future
Directions 106
TURFA AHMED AND SUKANYA CHOWDHURY
Index 116
Figures
1.1 Graphical Representation of Percentage of Respondents
Endorsing the Rating Points on Each Item of the COVID-
19 Health Beliefs Model Scale 9
1.2 Graphical Representation of Percentage of Respondents
Endorsing the Rating Points on Each Item of the COVID-
19 Recommended Behaviours Scale 10
2.1 Model of Help-Seeking 33
3.1 Comparison of the GHQ-12 Scores Between the COVID-
19 and Non-COVID-19 Group 43
3.2 Comparison of the Impact of Event Scale – Revised
(IES-R) Scores Between the COVID-19 and Non-
COVID-19 Group 44
3.3 Comparison of the World Health Organization Quality
of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF) Scores Between the
COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Group 44
3.4 Comparison of the Resilience Scores Between the
COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Group 45
4.1 Graphical representation of beta values of the predictors
of autonomy in the subsequent models of hierarchical
multiple regression analyses 70
4.2 Graphical representation of beta values of the predictors
of environmental mastery in the subsequent models of
hierarchical multiple regression analyses 71
4.3 Graphical representation of beta values of the predictors of
personal growth in the subsequent models of hierarchical
multiple regression analyses 71
4.4 Graphical representation of beta values of the predictors of
positive relations in the subsequent models of hierarchical
multiple regression analyses 72
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4.5 Graphical representation of beta values of the predictors
of purpose in life in the subsequent models of hierarchical
multiple regression analyses 72
4.6 Graphical representation of beta values of the predictors of
self-acceptance in the subsequent models of hierarchical
multiple regression analyses 73
4.7 Graphical representation of beta values of the predictors of
global psychological well-being in the subsequent models
of hierarchical multiple regression analyses 73
Tables
1.1 Sociodemographic description of the sample 4
1.2 Descriptive statistics of all the variables measured 6
1.3 Percentage of respondents endorsing the rating points on
each item of the COVID-19 Health Beliefs Model Scale 6
1.4 Percentage of respondents endorsing the rating points on
each item of the COVID-19 Recommended Behaviours Scale 8
1.5 Spearman’s rho correlation coefficients between different
components of Health Belief Model (HBM) and
compliance to health behaviours 12
1.6 Results of Mann−Whitney U Tests of different
components of Health Belief Model (HBM) and
compliance to health behaviours across different
sociodemographic groups 14
2.1 Sociodemographic details 27
2.2 Findings of the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) amongst
different age groups 27
2.3 Findings of the t-test between the males and the females 28
2.4 Findings of the correlations 29
2.5 Significant findings of regression analysis 30
2.6 Graph showing the mean values obtained by each group
in different scales 30
3.1 Descriptive statistics for the COVID-19 and non-
COVID-19 groups 43
3.2 Pearson’s product moment correlation for COVID-19 group 46
3.3 Pearson’s product moment correlation for non-COVID-19
group 47
3.4 Comparison between the COVID-19 and non-COVID-19
groups 48
3.5 Stepwise linear regression analysis 48
4.1 Sample description 59
