Mental health of college students during the COVID-19 epidemic in China

By Wenning Fu, Shijiao Yan, Q. Zong, D. Anderson-Luxford, Xingyue Song, Z. Lv, C. Lv. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2020

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Highlights 1 What is the primary question addressed by this study? To assess the psychological status of college students in China during the COVID-19 outbreak, and offer some theoretical evidence for psychological intervention of college students.2 What is the main finding of this study? (1) A total of 89,588 college students participated in the current study, among which 36,865 students (41.1%) reported anxiety symptoms. (2) Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the risk factors for anxiety symptoms included the age of 26-30 college students, sophomore students, junior students, senior students, father have a higher education level, bad economic status, and low social support.3 What is the meaning of the finding? (1) About two-fifths of Chinese college students have anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 epidemic. (2) Timely and appropriate psychological interventions for college students should be implemented to reduce the psychological harm caused by COVID-19 epidemic. (3)Meanwhile, psychological skills training should be strengthened to better regulate the psychological status of college students as well as to mitigate the psychological problems of patients.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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