Name: Brandon Chang

Topic/issue: The Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Psychological Health of Students

Area of specific focus: The area of specific focus of this topic is students between the ages of 12-17.

Background Information:

Problem Statement : The Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Psychological Health of Students

Research : what negative impacts wil have on students.

1. What is the issue

The Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Psychological Health of Students.

2. Who is being affected by this issue?

Students between the ages of 12-17

3. Why is it important to study this issue?

It is important to study this issue to help understand the challenges the students may face
psychological and physically due to the pandemic preventing students to return to school.

4. Has anyone else paid attention to this issue? Who has? Why do you think they are interested in
this issue?

Yes, there have many articles and studies based on this issue done by global organizations such
as ‘Bio Med Central and ‘NAMI’ to name a few, their goal was to help raise awareness about the
students’ mental and physical conditions and how they were affected.
Sources:

https://namica.org/blog/impact-on-the-mental-health-of-students-during-covid-19/

https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-021-00680-w

Problem Statement : The Effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Psychological Health of Students

Research : what negative impacts wil have on students.

Students from Trinicity College ages 12-17

From March 2020- March 2022

Data collection :questionnaire survey (primary data)

Instrument and method is same thing.

Limitation, don’t have ability to expand different questions (follow up

questions)