Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: July-September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 339-344
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20210758
Tendency of Thai High School Students’ Emotional Stability before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Factors
Chutikan Saithasao1, Chanokprattana Panyasuk2
1Amatyakul School, 2Triamudom Suksa School, Bangkok, Thailand.
Corresponding Author: Chutikan Saithasao
ABSTRACT
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak to be an international public health emergency. Various situations affected global citizens physically and mentally. Focusing on high school students, we began collecting data via online questionnaires between May and July 2020, 145 valid answers in total. Perth Emotional Regulation Competency Inventory (PERCI) was used to assess emotional stability. We then statistically analyzed the data using Spearman’s correlation coefficient between each factor. The data showed that emotional stability was reduced during the coronavirus situation. In addition, Economic status is an important factor affecting the tendency of emotional stability (p<0.01) due to the global economic crisis. The only variable showing slightly negative correlation was health. This was expected because over 60% of the participants had no infected acquaintances. Health concerns therefore played an inconspicuous role in emotional stability. The volatility of emotion could be a source of mental breakdowns and disastrous events in the future if people do not have the proper awareness.
Keywords: Emotional stability, COVID-19, High school students, Psychological impact, Mental health, Public health.