Aim - Stress binds everyone as we face uncertainty in our lives So, it is notable that we experience anxiety during this coronavirus disease (COV ID - 19) pandemic context When we try to handle stress for longer duration leads to chronic, and it can affect both physical and mental health The scientific techniques to precisely pre-assess or assess mental health disorders are hardly available for the students This paper intends to provide an explication to pre-assess or assess the mental health of the students amidst this pandemic We present the notions of single-valued neutrosophic N-soft set (SV NNSS) and the quasi-hyperbolic discounting intertemporal single-valued neutrosophic N-soft set (QHDISV NNSS) to show the mental condition of the students Design- We develop a four-phase method to pre-assess or assess the mental health disorders of students In the initial phase, we present an outline to identify the students, parameters, and the psychosocial aspects of the students Also, we provide the framework of positive and negative statements for each parameter, rating scales, and scoring norms In the second phase, we execute case studies based on observation of the students and mention the values using neutrosophic numbers for each counseling session with no loss of information Then we apply the concept of score function (SF) and weighted single-valued neutrosophic vector (WSV NV ) In the third phase, we construct SV NNSS or QHDISV NNSS to access or pre-access the mental health of the students Finally, we assess the scores of each student with the help of norms and predict mental health disorders Results- Using SV NNSS, we can assess the mental health of the students and able to pre-assess the mental health of the students by using QHDISV NNSS Hence, this result supports the psychiatrist or the counselor to focus on those with mental health conditions, as they are known to experience a higher level of emotional distress Contributions- This study shows how the significance of the neutrosophic concept can be modified and implemented in the psychology field to determine the mental health of the students Implications- As pointed out by the counselor and the therapist, the first step to self-care is to take care of our mental health Here, in this study, we provide a solution to pre-assess and assess the mental health of the students by using these concepts This method gives a valuable solution to the counselor or the therapist for analyzing the psychosocial aspects © 2020 Neutrosophic Sets and Systems All Rights Reserved
Single-valued neutrosophic N-soft set and intertemporal single-valued neutrosophic N-soft set to assess and pre-assess the mental health of students amidst COVID-19