Globally 6 million people have been profoundly affected by Covid-19. Researchers intended to inspect which psycho-social variables may be influencing the needful adherence toward the unavoidable control measures among the community. The battle against the novel virus continues, wherein the success of prevention and control of Covid-19 being attributed to people’s adherence to effective preventive behaviours, a positive outlook with attitude, and an avid risk perception to avoid breaking quarantine guidelines. With a lack of research pertaining to knowledge gaps, attitudes, risk perception, and perceived efficacy of protective measures in the Indian population in relation to the novel coronavirus, Researchers present study and chapter aims to provide a light on this survey method with two-fold objectives. It would first help in gaining insights about the belief system, common precautionary attitude and the risk perception of citizens with respect to Covid-19. Second, based on the findings from effective and non-effective protective behaviors, we shall suggest some strategies and preventive methods that can be personalized and used by the communities and citizens. Moreover, the findings of the study can be translated into communication messages that can be used by the authorities in order to address specific needs and concerns of the general public and thus building on the trust and the subsequent adherence to the protective measures issued by the authorities. Researchers describe the degree of effectiveness and engagement in preventive methods that rely largely on the attitudes and perceptions of the people towards the risk and severity associated with the coronavirus. The public plays an important role in the prevention and control of the virus; with appropriate knowledge, this becomes crucial as they are expected to largely influence the degree of adherence to the protective measures and consequently, the overall clinical outcome. People may not be fully aware of the relationship between their mental and emotional wellbeing and the environment.It was first usually utilized by analyst Erik Erikson in his depiction of the phases of psychosocial improvement. Mary Richmond, pioneer of American social work respected there to be a direct connection among circumstances and logical results in a demonstrative procedure. In 1941 Gordon Hamilton renamed the 1917 idea of “social conclusion” as “psychosocial study”. Psychosocial study was additionally evolved by Hollis in 1964 with accentuation in treatment model. It is appeared differently in relation to various social brain science, which endeavors to clarify social examples inside the person. Issues that happen in one’s psychosocial working can be alluded to as “psychosocial brokenness” or “psychosocial dismalness.” This alludes to the absence of advancement or different decay of the psychosocial self, frequently happening close by different dysfunctions that might be physical, enthusiastic, or intellectual in nature. Adolph Meyer in the late 1800s expressed “We can’t comprehend the individual introduction of dysfunctional behavior, [and sustaining factors] without knowing how that individual capacities in nature,” psychosocial evaluation originates from this thought.
