大学生在COVID-19大流行期间和之后的痛苦和应对
Jennifer Zwolinski1, Sinjini Mitra2
1Department of Psychological Sciences, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
Journal of American college health : J of ACH
|October 28, 2025
概括
在整个大流行期间,大学生经历了痛苦和COVID-19压力的下降,尽管痛苦的下降不那么线性. 预测因素包括人口统计和流行病接近,为高等教育支持策略提供了信息.
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:
- 全球范围内,COVID-19疫情对大学生心理健康产生了重大影响.
- 了解心理痛苦的轨迹和应对机制对于学生的福祉至关重要.
- 在疫情期间对学生心理健康的纵向数据对于开发有效的支持系统至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查2020年至2024年大学生心理困扰和应对策略的趋势.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间识别心理痛苦和应对策略利用的预测因素.
- 通知高等教育机构关于学生从与流行病有关的困境中恢复.
主要方法:
- 在加利福尼亚大学的710名大学生身上使用了一种重复的横截面设计.
- 参与者完成了心理困扰,COVID-19恐惧量表和应对策略的验证措施.
- 数据收集范围从最初阶段到大流行后期阶段 (2020-2024年).
主要成果:
- 在研究期间,心理困扰和COVID-19相关的压力都减少了.
- 与COVID-19压力下降相比,痛苦的下降不那么线性.
- 困境的关键预测因素包括性别,少数群体地位,先前的治疗,更高的COVID压力,以及接近第一个大流行年.
- 应对使用的预测因素包括性别,种族和民族身份,以及对应对策略的接触.
结论:
- 这项研究为大学生在COVID-19大流行期间不断变化的心理健康格局提供了见解.
- 识别困境预测因素有助于针对弱势学生群体进行有针对性的干预.
- 了解应对策略的使用可以指导高等教育机构开发量身定制的支持服务.
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