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Abstract

The Covid-19 outbreak makes a big shift and disturbs the lives of people in all fields. The academic institutions faced this tragedy also. It was a comparative study about lockdown stressors’ effect on life management of university students in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtukhwa. It was a descriptive casual comparative study. The population of the study consisted of university students of Punjab and KP Province. Two universities were selected for selecting the sample of the study. A convenient sampling technique was used to select the two hundred and forty sample from university students. The data were collected from university students through an adapted questionnaire consisting of fifteen items based on Likert type scale. The descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were applied for data analysis. Results showed that students of Punjab province felt a little bit higher stressors and focused life stress management than KP students. The lifestyle of the majority of the students was affected due to lockdown stressors, the family budget was tightened, personal relationships with friends and family got worse, and anxiety levels increased when they heard the news about corona disease. It is concluded that lockdown adversely affected the lives of university students but they faced this uncertainty with a positive frame of mind. Universities administration and teachers may provide psychological services to students just to overcome the stress level of this epidemic.||Key Words: Covid-19, Lockdown Stressors, Life Management, University Students.