Does Online Learning for Longer Duration Lead to Anxiety and Loneliness? Analyzing Responses from Students of Almora, Uttarakhand

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Kakul Tiwari¹ and Ravneet Chawla² (Government Home Science College, Sector 10, Chandigarh¹ and Government College of Education, Sector 20, Chandigarh²)

For many nations worldwide, taking care of the mental health of students enrolled in online courses is an urgent matter. The goal of the study was to examine the variables influencing the mental health of young people who learned under adaptive quarantine regulations rather than complete lockdowns. The research involved 186 volunteers from Almora District, 94 students from class 11 while 92 from 12 class who went through online classes during COVID and post covid. The scholars conducted the research after four months of distance learning under the adaptive quarantine. The students could be involved in their usual entertainment activities and interpersonal communication outside the home. The research finds that distance learning is less effective for class 11 students than for class 12 because the former cannot effectively adapt and communicate in a new social environment, and develop trusting interpersonal relationships with fellow students and teachers. The research results coincide with other research on this issue and demonstrate a low degree of mental resilience during and after the pandemic.