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This review paper explores the relationship between Psychological Well-being and Satisfaction with Life with special focus on the literature related to COVID-19. Very few studies although have been carried out during the period March 2020 to Dec 2020. The pandemic has adversely influenced people especially the doctors who work under immense stress. There is ample literature available on the variables psychological wellbeing and satisfaction with life, but in different contexts. The aim of this paper is to suggest the gaps thus identified by reviewing the past studies carried out in this domain and suggest a hypothetical model which can be further tested in future studies.Copyright © 2020 Ubiquity Press. All rights reserved.
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The aim of this paper is to capture the essence of the timeless wisdom imparted by Indian scriptures and philosophy and use its wisdom for answering the novel consumerism in the wake of COVID-19 and provide a sustainable solution to the materialism ridden society. This paper addresses the issue of the new face of consumerism during the onset of COVID-19 in the perspective of 'Aparigraha' as taught by the ancient scripture Bhagwad Gita. Across the world people and governments are grappling with the issue of nouveau consumerism which is laden with hoarding, exploitation of resources, greed and materialism. Since the outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19, there has been a slowdown in economy, downturn in the morale of people and stress is looming large among the masses. A new face of consumerism has already started emerging wherein people have become more conscious about their food habits, health, exercise and spending on consumables. In the COVID-19 era when the global economy has slowed down, the age-old philosophy as mentioned in verse 10 of Chapter 6 of Srimad Bhadwad Gita provides a ready solution.
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The study is based on investigating the work life balance of the resident doctors during COVID-19. Design: Focus group interviews with doctors, resident doctors and interns were conducted who were assigned duties in COVID 19 wards of the hospitals of Northern India. Participants: The study was carried out on 97 doctors (Psychiatrists, radiologists, pediatricians, gynecologists and Medicine) who were posted in COVID 19 wards in some or the other shift. The doctors were assigned duties in the two COVID- 19 hospitals of Northern India where the study was carried out. The long and tedious working hours in the hospital came with additional responsibility of maintaining and recording the data of COVID patients. After the 15 day long duty in the hospital these doctors were required to stay alone in a separate accommodation where they were quarantined for fourteen days. This long separation from family and friends disturbed their lives leading to immense stress. Their morale went down drastically. The issue of balancing work life was especially challenging for female doctors having young children. Conclusion: poor work-lie balance adversely affected the wellbeing of the doctors.
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The pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of people especially health care workers like physicians, nurses and paramedical staff who have to work for long hours, in shifts and under immense stressful situations. There is ample literature available on the effect of stress on psychological wellbeing. The aim of this research paper is to find out the mediation effect of subjective happiness on the relationship between perceived stress and psychological wellbeing of health care workers who are engaged in COVID-19 hospital duties. The sample included 231 physicians and healthcare workers engaged in duties in two major COVID-19 medical college hospitals of Northern India. The results prove that there is a significant effect of perceived stress on psychological well- being with subjective happiness playing a mediating role. Perceived stress decreases subjective happiness which in turn affects psychological wellbeing of physicians and health care workers during COVID-19. Higher the level of subjective happiness, lesser will be the impact or there will be delayed impact of perceived stress on psychological wellbeing. Psychological Well Being (PWB) Scale (Ryff, 1989), Subjective Happiness Scale (Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999) and Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, 1994) were used to examine the mediation of subjective happiness on the relationship between perceived stress and psychological wellbeing. © 2020 Ubiquity Press. All rights reserved.