HUMAN HAPPINESS AT HARD TIMES - COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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Purpose: COVID-19 brought in a lot of physical health problems and mental health issues. The main aim of this study is to present that even at hard times (COVID-19) it is possible to find happiness and present various ways of achieving it. The study is a systematic review that could help everyone to understand the need and importance of happiness at hard times and ways to find it.
Methodology: The study follows the method of scientific review. The researcher selected articles based on the keywords from the Science Direct, Google Scholar, Scopus, Google, WHO documents, Government websites, Elsevier journals and Springer journals. The researcher formulated the protocol of inclusion and exclusion criteria. Based on the criteria papers were selected, analyzed and synthesized. The figure 1 explains the methodology and the results of the systematic review.
Findings: Factors like fear, anxiety, worry, depression, panic, social withdrawal, difficulty in concentrating, insomnia, too much of exposure to media, psychological distress, feeling of helplessness, confusion with the symptoms, hyper-vigilance to health, anger, grief, loneliness and paranoia affect the human happiness at hard times of COVID 19. Table 1 presents the finding with the source of information.
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COVID-19, Coronavirus, Happiness, Hard times, Mental Health, Wellbeing
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