Psychology, 2021, 12, 1141-1152 https://www.scirp.org/journal/psych ISSN Online: 2152-7199 ISSN Print: 2152-7180 DOI: 10.4236/psych.2021.127070 Jul. 29, 2021 1141 Psychology Effects of Home Confinement for COVID-19 on the Psychological Health and the Social Lifestyles of the People of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Wissal Boughattas 1 , Mona Tolba 2 1 Department of Sport’s Sciences, College of Education, Taif University, Taif , Saudi Arabia 2 Department of Special Education, College of Education, Taif University, Taif , Saudi Arabia Abstract In March 2020, the World Health Organization announced that the corona- virus has become a global pandemic that may cause death by infection. Con- sequently, radical measures were taken to limit the spread of this deadly virus. Public health authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, mandated total confinement to limit the spread of the virus. These measures have brought about a fundamental change in people’s daily lifestyles, especially their social lives. Consequently, home confinement has had impacts on psychological health as well. This study aims to evaluate the effects of home confinement on the people of various regions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; we opted for a quantitative study design using an anonymous online survey. A total of 3589 subjects completed the “Scale of Social Lifestyle and Psychological Health for the COVID-19 Pandemic”, which is a survey formulated for the purposes of this research. Results showed that confinement has changed the social life- styles of the people in KSA, particularly for women and for people aged 30 to 50 years. For psychological health, statistically significant increases were ob- served in the levels of anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, in- terpersonal sensitivity, and somatic symptoms, during quarantine. In conclu- sion, home confinement caused a radical change in the social lifestyles of the citizens of Saudi Arabia. Women, married people and those aged more than 50 years are more affected than others, the psychological impact was mod- erate to severe in terms of the assessed demographic variables. Keywords COVID-19, Psychological Health, Social Lifestyle, Confinement How to cite this paper: Boughattas, W., & Tolba, M. (2021). Effects of Home Con- finement for COVID-19 on the Psycholog- ical Health and the Social Lifestyles of the People of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Psychology, 12, 1141-1152. https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2021.127070 Received: July 3, 2021 Accepted: July 26, 2021 Published: July 29, 2021 Copyright © 2021 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open Access