2020
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.591797
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Abstract: Depression is a disabling illness which increases the risk of suicide. The Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a rise in fear, anxiety, stress, and depression among the population: of these, university undergraduates from countries severely affected by COVID-19 are some of the most vulnerable of all, as they face strict lockdown measures and have fewer resources to cope with it. The aim of this study was to analyze the levels of fear of COVID-19, stress, anxiety, and depression during lock… Show more

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“…The first study was carried out in Ecuadorian university students and proposed a model that predicts the depressive symptoms, from the fear of the COVID-19, anxiety, and stress [38]. This study agrees with our findings, and although the model presented is not the same as ours, it reinforces the hypothesis that the triad of fear, anxiety, and stress predicts depressive symptoms.…”
Section: Structural Regression Model and Relationship Between Variablessupporting
confidence: 88%
“…The first study was carried out in Ecuadorian university students and proposed a model that predicts the depressive symptoms, from the fear of the COVID-19, anxiety, and stress [38]. This study agrees with our findings, and although the model presented is not the same as ours, it reinforces the hypothesis that the triad of fear, anxiety, and stress predicts depressive symptoms.…”
Section: Structural Regression Model and Relationship Between Variablessupporting
confidence: 88%
“…On further analysis, we found that both the essential and non-essential workers groups had similar effects of social isolation on their mental health (data not shown). Our current ndings and similar recent studies [19,20] have shown that the unprecedented disease outbreak and the lockdown phase has induced higher chronic stress and psychological distress in the human community at large. We therefore aimed to assess the stress management strategies adopted by our study participants and how well they coped with their mental health burden.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 84%
“…The mean PSS score endorsed by the participating students was comparable to American students ( Son et al., 2020 ) and lower than the mean score of a subgroup of university students in Saudi Arabia ( AlAteeq et al., 2020 ). These findings must be taken into account because the stress produced by these dramatic changes faced by young university students may lead to symptoms of depression or result in a state of anxiety that could later lead to depression ( Rodriguez-Hidalgo et al., 2020 ). To the best of our knowledge, this study is one of the first studies to attempt to understand the association between severe perceived stress and sociodemographic characteristics, health status characteristics and living and learning conditions during the lockdown.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%