This paper is published in Volume-7, Issue-3, 2021
Area
Psychology
Author
Huma Javed, Adeeba Arjmand, Mahira Arshid, Summan Zahid
Org/Univ
Government College Women University Faisalabad, Pakistan, Pakistan
Pub. Date
17 June, 2021
Paper ID
V7I3-1735
Publisher
Keywords
Loneliness, Obsession Compulsion, Gender difference, Covid-19, Pandemic

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Huma Javed, Adeeba Arjmand, Mahira Arshid, Summan Zahid. Gender difference in developing loneliness and obsession compulsion symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Huma Javed, Adeeba Arjmand, Mahira Arshid, Summan Zahid (2021). Gender difference in developing loneliness and obsession compulsion symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 7(3) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Huma Javed, Adeeba Arjmand, Mahira Arshid, Summan Zahid. "Gender difference in developing loneliness and obsession compulsion symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 7.3 (2021). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

The purpose of current study was to identify the gender difference in developing loneliness and obsession compulsions symptoms during Covid-19 pandemic. Participants (N=120) including males (n=60) and females (n=60) were selected from Faisalabad city of Punjab, using purposive sampling technique. UCLA Loneliness scale version 3 (Russel, 1996) and Y-BOCS (Goodman et al., 1989 a,b) were used to measure the loneliness and obsession compulsion symptoms. For analytic purpose, independent t- sample test was applied, using Statical Package for Social Science version 26. Findings of analysis indicated that females are more prone to develop loneliness, which is indicated by t =-3.404 at p=.001< .001. Also, females developed more obsession compulsion symptoms as compared to males, which was indicated by t =-3.022 at p=.003 < .001.