Author(s)

Rawnaq Ara Parvin¹, Md. Shariful Islam², Mst. Sharmin Akter¹, Shaikh Shahriar Mohammod³, Md. Bokul Hossain¹, Sarawat Rashid⁴

¹Department of Sociology, Varendra University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
²Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
³Rural Governance and Gender Divison, Rural Development Academy, Bogura, Bangladesh.
⁴Research and Evaluation Division, Rural Development Academy, Bogura, Bangladesh.

As a developing nation, Bangladeshi people had to work during lockdown which is the result of a sudden outbreak of COVID-19. It creates different problems in day to day life of common people. The present study, therefore, attempts to understand the socio-economic crisis and mental stress in managing the family within the limited resources of Bangladesh during the lockdown period. The data was collected via a snowball sampling survey method by using a semi-structured questionnaire. Datasets were analyzed through different statistical tools like mean, standard deviation, and percentage. Research shows that female and aged people are much anxious about being affected. Petty business runners are much worried about their basic earning. Affording food to a family within a foreseeable economic crisis, brunt from job loss, the propensity of commodity’s high price, wariness for child’s academic career through e-learning led people distressed. Insomnia, fatigue, helplessness, distress are notable problems during the time of lockdown. Research finds that mental pressure results from insufficient sleep are creating short temper and chaos in the family and social life also. Strengthening the medical system, creating mass consciousness, implicating time-oriented policy with psycho-social upshots can mitigate the fragility of psychological stress.

Coronavirus, Psychosocial Distress, Lockdown, Income Earner

Parvin, R. , Islam, M. , Akter, M. , Mohammod, S. , Hossain, M. and Rashid, S. (2021) Psychosocial Anxiety from Lockdown Due to COVID-19 to Income Earner of the Family: An Evidence from Northern Bangladesh. Sociology Mind, 11, 65-80. doi: 10.4236/sm.2021.113006.