A Case Study of Stress and Depression during COVID-19 among high school students in Chiang Mai province

PARIT KOSONSASITORN

Abstract: Stress is a condition that can be found in the general public and in normal adolescents, who often facing stress from school since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2019, changing lifestyles and pattern of studying to be online, which may affect the mental state of the learners such as stress and depression.

The objective of this study is to study the effects of incidence and factors affecting stress and depression among high school students during the COVID-19 outbreak. This research is a descriptive research of MU from students in grades 10-12 at the private school during the month October-December 2021, a total of 522 people volunteered to participate in the study via Google Form by using the Stress Test (ST-5) and the Center for Epidemiologic Studies. -Depression Scale: CES-D) in Thai version and the test results were analyzed for factors related to stress and depression among respondents. The results showed that the majority of respondents had the highest stress level at 196 (37.55%), 144 had a moderate stress (27.59%), and 100 had a high stress (19.16%). It was found that the majority of respondents had no depression at 326 (64.25%), 196 (37.55%) were depressed. Gender, class, family financial impact from COVID-19, understanding of lessons family relationship and relationship with friends are the factors associated with depression of the respondents. The statistical significance (p<0.05) was the understanding of the lesson and the family relationship. Therefore, greater monitoring of stress and depression levels among high school children should be encouraged to recognize potential mental health problems among students through lifestyle changes and from online learning.