检查COVID-19对大学生内化和外化问题的持久影响:为期四年的纵向分析
Joshua K Brown1, Alexandra Barringer2, Chrystyna D Kouros3
1Human Development & Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America.
Journal of affective disorders
|January 27, 2024
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,大学生经历了抑郁和社会焦虑的增加. 虽然问题性饮酒量下降,但这些心理健康转变可能对学生的福祉产生持久的影响.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 大学学生的心理健康是一个重大问题,COVID-19大流行加剧了这一问题.
- 了解大流行对学生心理健康的影响对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
- 学生中先前存在的心理健康挑战需要在危机期间进行纵向调查.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间检查大学生心理健康轨迹的变化.
- 评估大流行病对抑郁症状,社会焦虑,消抑制,侵略和酒精使用的纵向影响.
- 提供数据驱动的洞察力,了解大学生不断变化的心理健康格局.
主要方法:
- 一项使用美国中西部研究型大学355名学生 (2017-2022) 数据的纵向研究.
- 七个调查波评估了心理健康结果和预测因素,与流行病的开始相吻合.
- 多层次的增长曲线建模分析了抑郁症状,社会焦虑,一般的消抑制,无情的侵略和问题性酒精使用的变化.
主要成果:
- 抑郁症状在大流行中期达到顶峰;社会焦虑最初下降,然后上升.
- 一般的消抑制和无情的侵略没有显著的轨迹变化.
- 问题性酒精使用持续下降,没有发现与流行病相关的重大影响.
结论:
- 调查结果显示,在疫情期间,大学生心理健康发生了复杂的,不断变化的变化.
- 疫情对学生福祉的长期和累积影响是可能的.
- 纵向数据对于检测微妙的长期心理健康影响至关重要.
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