COVID-19 impact on high school student’s education and mental health: A cohort survey in China

Ma, Zhiyong; Wei-hua, MA; Idris, Sakinah; Pan, Qiaoling; Baloch, Zulqarnain

doi:10.5498/wjp.v11.i6.232

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“…The COVID‐19 pandemic provides a traumatic experience for high school teenagers (Z.‐R. Ma et al, 2021 ). Female adolescents are reported to have higher PTSD symptoms than males (Hu et al, 2021 ).…”

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“…Adolescents who live in rural areas have a higher risk of PTSD than adolescents in urban areas (Z.‐R. Ma et al, 2021 ). Lower parental education level is associated with lower PTSD risk (Z.‐R.…”

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“…Lower parental education level is associated with lower PTSD risk (Z.‐R. Ma et al, 2021 ). PTSD in high school adolescents is associated with excessive fear of the COVID‐19 pandemic and the presence of someone in their environment which is infected with COVID‐19.…”

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A narrative review into the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on senior high school adolescent mental health

Windarwati

Lestari

Supianto

et al. 2022

Child Adoles Psych Nursing

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Problem High school teenagers are facing significant challenges during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Teenagers are at risk of experiencing physical, mental, and social health problems due to the COVID‐19 pandemic. This narrative review aims to explore the impact of COVID‐19 on the emergence of mental health problems in high school adolescents. Methods This study employed a narrative review method. We conducted a systematic search using PRISMA on three databases: Medline, PubMed, and ScienceDirect. A total of 40 articles met the inclusion and exclusion criteria set based on the research objectives. Findings The study uncovered that high school adolescents had an increased risk of experiencing mental health problems, namely psychological distress, worry, loneliness, anxiety, depression, traumatic symptoms, other psychological disorders, suicide risk, sleep disorders, and psychosocial functioning. Anxiety, depression, and psychological stress were the most discussed mental health problems among high school adolescents during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Conclusions There is a need for efforts to identify health problems and intervene in mental health problems early in high school adolescents. Schools, mental health workers, and the government (e.g., policy stakeholders) need to implement the recommendations given as a follow‐up effort for mental health services for high school youth.

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A narrative review into the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on senior high school adolescent mental health

Windarwati

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Supianto

et al. 2022

Child Adoles Psych Nursing

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“…In fact, preliminary evidence points toward the detrimental effects of COVID-19-related to quarantine on mental health as it has shown links to depression, stress, panic attacks, phobic symptoms, low mood and post-traumatic stress symptoms[ 9 ]. Considering that the symptoms of acute, as well as chronic stress [and in its most severe manifestation, posttraumatic stress disorder, (PTSD)[ 10 ]] have been associated with an array of destabilizing situations, such as war[ 11 ], financial crises[ 12 ] and natural disasters[ 13 ], and also with the psychopathology associated with trauma[ 14 , 15 ]. Exploring the effects of stress and its consequences during the COVID-19 outbreak seems important both theoretically and clinically.…”

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Fear of COVID-19 and emotional dysfunction problems: Intrusive, avoidance and hyperarousal stress as key mediators

Falcó¹,

Vidal-Arenas²,

Ortet³

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WJP

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BACKGROUND There is mounting empirical evidence of the detrimental effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak on mental health. Previous research has underscored the effects of similar destabilizing situations such as war, natural disasters or other pandemics on acute stress levels which have been shown to exacerbate current and future psychopathological symptoms. AIM To explore the role of acute stress responses (intrusive, avoidance and hyperarousal) as mediators in the association between fear of COVID-19 and emotional dysfunction-related problems: Depression, agoraphobia, panic, obsessive-compulsive, generalized anxiety, social anxiety and health anxiety symptoms. METHODS A sample of 439 participants from a university community in Spain (age: mean ± SD: 36.64 ± 13.37; 73.1% females) completed several measures assessing their fear of COVID-19, acute stress responses and emotional dysfunction syndromes through an online survey. Data collection was carried out from the start of home confinement in Spain until May 4, 2020, coinciding with initial de-escalation measures. Processing of the dataset included descriptive and frequency analyses, Mann-Whitney U Test of intergroup comparisons and path analysis for direct and indirect effects. This is an observational, descriptive-correlational and cross-sectional study. RESULTS The prevalence of clinical symptoms in our sample, reported since the beginning of the pandemic, reached 31.44%. The female group presented higher scores although the effect size was small. Overall, the participants who exceeded the clinical cut-off points in emotional problems showed higher levels of fear of COVID-19 and of cognitive, motor and psychophysiological responses of acute stress, unlike the group with normative scores. In addition, the results show significant mediated effects of hyperarousal stress among fear of COVID-19 and emotional dysfunction psychopathology. However, the clinical syndromes most related to the consequences of the pandemic ( e.g. , social contact avoidance or frequent hand washing), such as agoraphobia and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, were in fact predicted directly by fear of COVID-19 and/or the acute stress response associated with the pandemic and had a greater predictive power. CONCLUSION The present study illustrates a clearer picture of the role of acute stress on several forms of psychopathology during the COVID-19 crisis and home confinement.

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“…These levels of psychological distress were higher than those reported in a meta-analysis of studies among the general population [ 5 ], suggesting that the pandemic had distinctive effects on the mental health of teachers. Studies on teachers from different countries have further highlighted their deteriorating mental health and well-being (e.g., Australia [ 3 ], Spain [ 2 ] and China [ 6 ]). For example, a longitudinal study [ 7 ] in the United Kingdom reported an increase in the levels of anxiety among teachers following school closures and transition to remote learning.…”

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Job Satisfaction Goes a Long Way: The Mediating Role of Teaching Satisfaction in the Relationship between Role Stress and Indices of Psychological Well-Being in the Time of COVID-19

Padmanabhanunni

Pretorius

2022

IJERPH

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures has resulted in drastic changes in the educational landscape. Teachers had to rapidly adapt to shifts in their work-related roles and responsibilities. This situation likely led to role stress and affected the levels of job satisfaction, mental health and general life satisfaction. In this study, we examined the role of teachers’ job satisfaction in the relationship between role stress and indices of psychological well-being. The participants were South African school teachers (N = 355) who completed the Role Orientation Questionnaire, the Teaching Satisfaction Scale, the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, the trait scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Satisfaction with Life Scale. In addition to descriptive statistics and correlations, path analysis was performed to determine the mediating role of teaching satisfaction. Increased levels of teaching satisfaction were associated with decreased levels of depression and anxiety and increased levels of life satisfaction. Teaching satisfaction also mediated the relationship between role conflict, as well as role ambiguity and anxiety. The results indicated that teaching satisfaction is a critical protective factor for teachers. Thus, improving task significance and enhancing the meaning associated with the teaching profession may help promote the adaptive functioning of teachers.

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COVID-19 impact on high school student’s education and mental health: A cohort survey in China

Cited by 15 publications

References 18 publications

A narrative review into the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on senior high school adolescent mental health

A narrative review into the impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on senior high school adolescent mental health

Fear of COVID-19 and emotional dysfunction problems: Intrusive, avoidance and hyperarousal stress as key mediators

Job Satisfaction Goes a Long Way: The Mediating Role of Teaching Satisfaction in the Relationship between Role Stress and Indices of Psychological Well-Being in the Time of COVID-19

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