A Person-Centered Analysis of Risk Factors that Compromise Wellbeing in Emerging Adulthood

Newcomb-Anjo, Sarah E.; Barker, Erin T.; Barbaree, Howard E.

doi:10.1007/s10964-016-0603-2

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“…From a mental health perspective, emerging adulthood-which includes the university years-has been considered a life course stage of elevated risk due to increased responsibilities and demands for self-direction [8][9][10], which contributes to changes in health or risk-taking and/or health-promoting behaviors [11]. Furthermore, emerging adulthood has been found to be a period where mental health problems peak [12][13][14][15], the prevalence of stress is high [16], and sleep disorders are common, the latter being a major risk factor for depression [17].…”

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Depressive Symptoms in Swiss University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Correlates

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Amendola

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Background: COVID-19 containment measures and the uncertainties associated with the pandemic may have contributed to changes in mental health risks and mental health problems in university students. Due to the high burden of the disease, depression is of particular concern. However, knowledge about the prevalence of depressive symptoms in Swiss university students during the pandemic is limited. We therefore assessed the prevalence of depressive symptoms and their change during the COVID-19 pandemic in a large sample of Swiss university students. Methods: We assessed depressive symptoms in two cross-sectional cohorts of university students (n = 3571) in spring and autumn 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and compared them with a matched sample of the Swiss national population (n = 2328). Binary logistic regression models estimated prevalence with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: Adjusted prevalence of depressive symptoms in female (30.8% (95% CI: 28.6–33.0)) and male students (24.8% (95% CI: 21.7–28.1)) was substantially higher than in the matching female (10.9% (95% CI: 8.9–13.2)) and male (8.5% (6.6–11.0)) pre-pandemic national population. Depressive symptoms in the two consecutive student cohorts did not significantly differ. Conclusions: More than a quarter of Swiss university students reported depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was substantially higher as compared to the matched general population. Universities should introduce measures to support students in such times of crisis and gain an understanding of the factors impacting mental health positively or negatively and related to university structures and procedures.

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Depressive Symptoms in Swiss University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Correlates

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“…Taking the distinction of affective dimensions, several studies have related them to aspects that are part of the psychological and emotional wellbeing of humans [5][6][7], such as life satisfaction, perfectionism or emotional intelligence, among others [8][9][10][11][12][13]. However, due to the fact that current research has identified that the associations of the TME do not consistently fit with all anxiety disorders and clinicians are working on improving the use of the model [14], the number of studies that analyze the relation between affect and social anxiety has increased during the last years.…”

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Factorial Invariance, Latent Mean Differences of the Panas and Affective Profiles and Its Relation to Social Anxiety in Ecuadorian Sample

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Positive (PA) and negative affect (NA) are related with aspects that are part of people’s psychological well-being, and the possibility of combining both dimensions to create four affective profiles, self-fulfilling (high PA and low NA), low affective (low PA and low NA), high affective (high PA and high NA) and self-destructive (low PA and high NA), has recently appeared. The current work aims to validate the short version of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) in Ecuador, test the existence of the four affective profiles and analyze its relation with social anxiety. The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children and the Social Anxiety Scale for Adolescents was employed in a sample of 1786 Ecuadorian students aged from 15 to 18 years (M = 16.31, SD = 1.01). The factorial invariance of the scale across sex and age groups was proved and latent mean analyses showed that girls and 18-year-old students obtained the highest scores in negative affect. With regard to the affective profiles, the cluster analyses confirmed the existence of the four mentioned profiles, and the self-fulfilling profile obtained the lowest scores in all the dimensions of social anxiety, whereas the self-destructive profile obtained the highest scores.

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“…Overall, we observed that students with food insecurity are disproportionately launching their university careers with poorer mental health in addition to socioeconomic disadvantage. In our prior work, 38% to 50% of first-year students scored at or above clinical screening thresholds for depression 12 and risk for depression was greater for students with current financial stress 13 .…”

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Mental health of students reporting food insecurity during the transition to university

Barbaree¹,

Barker²

2020

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The present study examined differences in mental health and well-being between students with and without suspected food insecurity during their transition to university. We drew on existing data from four samples of traditionally-aged, first-year undergraduates enrolled at large universities in three provinces (Alberta N = 199; Québec N = 299; Ontario N = 461 and N = 510). Students completed online surveys assessing a wide range of health-related behaviours and indicators, including food security. Poorer mental health (depression, anxiety, stress, low satisfaction with life) was consistently associated with food insecurity across samples. The magnitude of mental health deficit was comparable to socioeconomic disadvantage associated with food insecurity. Students with food insecurity are disproportionately launching their university careers with poorer mental health, revealing a critical point of intervention for these socioeconomically higher-risk students.

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A Person-Centered Analysis of Risk Factors that Compromise Wellbeing in Emerging Adulthood

Cited by 45 publications

References 128 publications

Depressive Symptoms in Swiss University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Correlates

Depressive Symptoms in Swiss University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Their Correlates

Factorial Invariance, Latent Mean Differences of the Panas and Affective Profiles and Its Relation to Social Anxiety in Ecuadorian Sample

Mental health of students reporting food insecurity during the transition to university

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