A Changing in Social Lifestyle for Men During the COVID-19 Lockdown and Its Relationship to Mental Health: Kuwaiti Diwaniyyah as an Example

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is to detect negative impact of lifestyle disruption on individuals mental and emotional health during an enforced lockdown. The main aim of this study is to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and complete lockdown on Kuwaiti men’s lifestyle behavior. It investigated the major mental health as a result of not attending Diwaniyyah during this time. Diwaniyyah is defined as a place of men social and entertainment gathering. A non-random sample of 1,461 Kuwaiti men aged from 17 to 68 years was selected. An electronic questionnaire was the major investigative tool used in this study. Demographic variables and five scales were used, including the Mental Health Scale (MHS), Missing Diwaniyyah Scale (MDS), Importance of Diwaniyyah Scale (IDS), Losing Political Information Scale (LPIS), and Social Media Information Knowledge Scale (SMIKS). IBM SPSS software (Version 24) was used for data analysis. Significant differences between the respondents mental health and the types of Diwaniyyah (p < .001), age categories (p < .001), and Diwaniyyah ownership or lack of ownership (p < .001) were reported. There were significant relationships between the respondents mental health symptoms and all examined social and Diwaniyyah visiting behavior variables (p < .01). It can be concluded that the inability to attend Diwaniyyahs has a major effect on the mental health of Kuwaiti men. A change in lifestyle affects mental health in general, and the COVID-19 lockdown is a major event affecting mental health among men.