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As the world comes to terms with the changes brought on by the appearance and spread of Covid-19, there is an increase in fear and anxiety levels. The World Health Organization has stressed on the need to focus on mental health, as the epidemic affects both young and old. One of the biggest challenges is that the situation has no precedent. This has led to the creation of uncertainty and doubt. The current study focusses on studying the positive mental health of the Indian population. For the study, the researchers have restricted the scope to include only Generation Y and Generation Z, as they form a majority of the working population and literature suggests that negative moods, stressors and apprehensions are far more prevalent among the younger sections of the society. The findings suggest that positive mental health is not dependent on gender or age. However, some of the dimensions do show significant variance. The researchers have also proposed a model of Positive Mental Health based on the dimensions of the Positive Mental Health Instrument.

Stress is conceptualized as any physical and psychological event that is perceived as potentially constituting physical harm or emotional distress. It's preoccupation with the negative emotion following the event (Roger, 1998). Psychological wellbeing highlights the core aspects of building positive relationships with others, personal mastery, independence, feeling of purpose and meaning of life. Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Cooperation (BMTC) is a government agency that operates the public bus service bus transport in Bangalore. The present study aims to explore the influences of stress on the psychological wellbeing of BMTC conductors. The objectives were to examine the contextual relationship and effects of stress on the personal growth of conductors. The research will also provide information on how stress will influence psychological wellbeing of the BMTC conductors. Studies show the effect of job strain on the drivers performance (Usche, et.al.2016).The data was collected using the HSE's Manageme Indicator Tool and psychological well being PWBQ (Carl Ryff 1989) on the selected sample. Results indicate that there is no influence of stress on psychological well being among conductors; the experimental group did not show significant incre or decrease in Psychological wellbeing after intervention.

Recent studies highlight the outcomes of COVID-19 on the psychosocial skills of early adolescents. It shows the unavailability of virtual community mentoring models for teenagers' individual and interpersonal growth in the virtual scenario. Hence, there emerges a need to explore and apply the available virtual communication resources by facilitators, families, and other community professionals for teenagers’ self-development. This article reports the application of virtual resources like WhatsApp, graphic design platforms (CANVA and Adobe), graphic interchange formats (GIPHY App), all-in-one visual content editing forums (InShot App), and memes (Meme Generator App) in engaging and supporting community mentoring capacities leading to psychosocial development and well-being for teenagers during COVID-19. Through this article, contemporary virtual models are explored and executed with community guidance to integrate the personal developmental skills of middle school underachievers. There is also a need to work with community interventions by using virtual mentoring skillsets for positive youth development.

The current study explores the impact of COVID-19 related distress factors on the mental well-being of college students. For the purpose of the study, mental well-being is measured through the depression symptoms and general anxiety levels of the students. The study used judgemental sampling to identify the respondents of the study. The final sample consisted of 147 respondents and the data was analysed on SPSS. The results suggested that while COVID-19 distress factors were not significant in predicting the level of depression symptoms experienced by the students, the general anxiety levels were significantly impacted by the distress factors. The findings are particularly useful for the teachers and institutions working to connect and teach through online platforms.