Association between Mental Health Knowledge Level and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese College Students

Cheng, Shuo; An, Di; Yao, Zhiying; Liu, Jenny Jing-Wen; Ning, Xuan; Wong, Josephine Pui‐Hing; Fung, Kenneth; Vahabi, Mandana; Poon, Maurice Kwong-Lai; Yamada, Janet; Gao, Jianguo; Cong, Xiaofeng; Sun, Guoxiao; Li, Alan Tai-Wai; Wang, Xinting; Jia, Cun-Xian

doi:10.3390/ijerph18041850

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“…Females are more likely to internalize their negative feelings, whereas males resort to externalizing behaviors such as smoking and alcoholism[ 42 - 44 ]. However, some analyses did not find significant sex differences[ 28 , 45 , 46 ]. Other studies have shown that men have a higher prevalence of depression[ 20 , 47 ].…”

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Influencing factors, prediction and prevention of depression in college students: A literature review

Liu¹,

Guo²,

Zhang³

et al. 2022

WJP

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The high prevalence of depression among college students has a strong negative impact on individual physical and mental health, academic development, and interpersonal communication. This paper reviewed the extant literature by identifying nonpathological factors related to college students' depression, investigating the methods of predicting depression, and exploring nonpharmaceutical interventions for college students' depression. The influencing factors of college students' depression mainly fell into four categories: biological factors, personality and psychological state, college experience, and lifestyle. The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 has exacerbated the severity of depression among college students worldwide and poses grave challenges to the prevention and treatment of depression, given that the coronavirus has spread quickly with high infection rates, and the pandemic has changed the daily routines of college life. To predict and measure mental health, more advanced methods, such as machine algorithms and artificial intelligence, have emerged in recent years apart from the traditional commonly used psychological scales. Regarding nonpharmaceutical prevention measures, both general measures and professional measures for the prevention and treatment of college students' depression were examined in this study. Students who experience depressive disorders need family support and personalized interventions at college, which should also be supplemented by professional interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy and online therapy. Through this literature review, we insist that the technology of identification, prediction, and prevention of depression among college students based on big data platforms will be extensively used in the future. Higher education institutions should understand the potential risk factors related to college students' depression and make more accurate screening and prevention available with the help of advanced technologies.

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Section: Nonpathological Influencing Factors Of Depressionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influencing factors, prediction and prevention of depression in college students: A literature review

Liu¹,

Guo²,

Zhang³

et al. 2022

WJP

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“…A study reported that the number of patients with mental disorders increased by 67% from 2015 to 2019, and 70% of internal medicine department visits were due to stress [6]. Additionally, the incidence rate of depression due to college students' stress was approximately 24% [7]. Depression can negatively affect interpersonal relationships, daily activities, and academic performance, and worsening depression can increase the frequency of high-risk behaviors such as suicide attempts.…”

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Effects on Heart Rate Variability of Stress Level Responses to the Properties of Indoor Environmental Colors: A Preliminary Study

Lee

Park

2021

IJERPH

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Color is the most potent stimulating factor affecting human vision, and the environmental color of an indoor space is a spatial component that affects the environmental stress level. As one of the methods of assessing the physiological response of the autonomic nervous system that influences stress, heart rate variability (HRV) has been utilized as a tool for measuring the user’s stress response in color environments. This study aims to identify the effects of the changes of hue, brightness, and saturation in environmental colors on the HRV of two groups with different stress levels—the stress potential group (n = 15) and the healthy group (n = 12)—based on their stress level indicated by the Psychosocial Well-being Index (PWI). The ln(LF), ln(HF), and RMSSD values collected during the subjects’ exposure to 12 environments colors of red and yellow with adjusted saturation and brightness, were statistically analyzed using t-test and two-way ANOVA. The results show that the HRV values in the two groups did not significantly vary in response to the changes in hue, brightness and saturation. The two groups’ stress factors distinguished according to the stress levels by the PWI scale affected the In(LF) parameter, which demonstrates that the PWI index can be utilized as a reliable scale for measuring stress levels. The ultra-short HRV measurement record and the use of a sole In(LF) parameter for stress assessment are regarded as the limitations of this study.

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“…In summary, we found hints that psychology students, especially female students, appear to be less psychologically distressed in terms of depressive mood problems and worrying during the pandemic. A possible explanation for our ndings is provided by the results of a Chinese study of Cheng et al [22]. They found hints in their pre-pandemic data that higher mental health knowledge was associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms.…”

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Mental Health, Alcohol Consumption, and Partnerships After the Third Wave During the Corona Pandemic - A Comparison of German Psychology Students and Other Students

Supke

Schulz

2021

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Background. At the end of winter and in spring 2021, Germany experienced the third wave of the corona pandemic leading to a strict lockdown. This study compares psychology students and students of other subjects in terms of their mental health, alcohol consumption, and partnerships after the third wave during the corona pandemic. Methods. The study sample consists of n = 127 (female: n = 108, male: n = 19) psychology students and n = 579 (female: n = 322, male: n = 257) students of other subjects from the TU Braunschweig in Germany. These students participated in an online survey in June and July 2021. The comparison was performed separately for women and men. The PHQ-9 and GAD-7 were used to assess depressive mood problems and worrying. Results. Significantly fewer female psychology students were above the cut-off for clinically relevant mood problems (31.5%), worrying (22.2%), and both simultaneously (19.4%) compared to other female students (mood: 66.1%; worrying: 41.9%; both: 39.8%). The small sample of male psychology students showed similar tendencies; however, the results were not significant. While female psychology students rated their general health and life satisfaction significantly higher, male psychology students had significantly fewer concerns about their professional future compared to their respective counterparts. No significant effects were found for alcohol consumption and partnerships. Conclusion. We found hints that psychology students, especially female students, appear to be less psychologically distressed in terms of depressive mood problems and worrying during the corona pandemic. Better mental health knowledge could be a possible explanation for these findings.

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Association between Mental Health Knowledge Level and Depressive Symptoms among Chinese College Students

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

Influencing factors, prediction and prevention of depression in college students: A literature review

Influencing factors, prediction and prevention of depression in college students: A literature review

Effects on Heart Rate Variability of Stress Level Responses to the Properties of Indoor Environmental Colors: A Preliminary Study

Mental Health, Alcohol Consumption, and Partnerships After the Third Wave During the Corona Pandemic - A Comparison of German Psychology Students and Other Students

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