在乌干达的Covid-19封锁期间,本科大学生对压力状况的负面经历和应对策略
Ruth Ketty Kisuza1, Saviour Kicaber2, Ronald Olum2,3
1School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University Kampala Uganda.
African health sciences
|July 8, 2024
概括
近一半的乌干达大学生在COVID-19封锁期间经历了担忧,影响了学术和财务. 学生使用音乐和社交联系等策略来应对压力.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- COVID-19 流行病对全球人口产生了重大影响,需要进行公共卫生干预,并造成广泛的心理困扰.
- 大学学生,特别是在封锁期间,面临着独特的压力因素,影响他们的心理健康和学术进步.
研究的目的:
- 在乌干达第二次封锁期间,调查马克雷雷大学本科生中COVID-19担忧的流行情况.
- 识别面临大流行相关压力的学生所使用的负面经历和应对机制.
- 探索与这种学生群体中COVID-19担忧增加相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 在马克雷雷大学进行了一项描述性的横截面研究.
- 使用半结构化问卷收集数据,评估负面经历,应对策略和COVID-19的担忧.
- 使用Stata 13进行了统计分析,包括描述性统计数据和关联度量.
主要成果:
- 在301名参与者中,48.0%的人表示担心COVID-19.
- 主要的负面经历包括学业中断 (92.0%) 和财务问题 (61.1%).
- 常见的应对策略包括听音乐 (67.4%),与家人/朋友交谈 (63.5%) 和看电影 (57.8%).
结论:
- 相当一部分大学生经历了COVID-19相关的担忧,扰乱了他们的社交和学术生活.
- 学生们采用了各种各样的应对策略来管理锁定期间的压力.
- 了解这些经验对于为学生开发有针对性的心理健康支持至关重要.
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