Psychological stress of university students in the hardest-hit areas at different stages of the COVID-19 epidemic

Zhang, Yan; Cao, Xiaochen; Aashiq,; Xie, Yujia; Zhong, Qiongyao; Lei, Guanghui; Zhang, Jingyuan; Xiao, Qiang; Wang, Guixiang; Bian, Yueran; Xie, Simiao; Huang, Fei

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.105980

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“…Lockdowns and home isolation have been particularly challenging for adolescents as the need for social connections and interactions is critical in this development stage (Fegert et al, 2020). Recent evidence has suggested that home isolation could result in feelings of loneliness and social anxiety in young people, which in turn could make them more vulnerable to psychological distress (Akgül & Ergin, 2021;Hu et al, 2021;Mamun et al, 2021;Racine et al, 2020;Singh et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2021). A nation-wide Chinese study of 3613 children and adolescents found that 22.28% had suffered some depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic (Duan et al, 2020), and another study on 8079 Chinese adolescents also reported a high prevalence of depressive (43%), anxiety (37%) and combined depressive anxiety (31%) symptoms (Zhou et al, 2020).…”

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Relationship between post-traumatic disorder and posttraumatic growth in COVID-19 home-confined adolescents: The moderating role of self-efficacy

Jian

Zong

et al. 2022

Curr Psychol

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Although the COVID-19 pandemic has been traumatogenic for some people, posttraumatic growth (PTG) outcomes have also been observed. This study examined the PTG in adolescents and the moderating effect of self-efficacy on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and PTG. An online questionnaire was conducted on 2090 adolescent Chinese students to measure COVID-19 related exposure, self-efficacy, PTSD, and PTG. PTG prevalence was found in 20.6% of the sample, with the relationship between PTSD and PTG being found to be a reverse U-shaped curve. Objective exposure factors were found to be closely associated with PTSD symptoms but not with PTG. Similarly, subjective feelings of extreme fear were significantly associated with PTSD symptoms but not with PTG. Self-efficacy was found to be positively correlated with PTG (r = 0.551) and to moderate the relationship between PTSD and PTG. For those with low self-efficacy, the higher the PTSD, the higher the PTG, and for those with high self-efficacy, the higher the PTSD, the lower the PTG. As an improved sense of self-efficacy in adolescents could promote positive psychological transformations, these results could assist in identifying self-efficacy levels and providing guidance for targeted psychological interventions to promote positive growth.

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Relationship between post-traumatic disorder and posttraumatic growth in COVID-19 home-confined adolescents: The moderating role of self-efficacy

Jian

Zong

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Curr Psychol

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“…ere is still a big gap and many deficiencies in the objective requirements of scientific thinking, and these deficiencies and deficiencies are particularly prominent in response to the epidemic [5,6]. erefore, it is necessary to objectively analyze and sort out the defects of the current college student management model through epidemic prevention and control [7].…”

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Exploration and Application of College Students’ Management Model during the Epidemic Based on Big Data Technology

Liang

2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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In the face of the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, “retroversions” across the country are facing difficulties, fighting with their lives on the front line of the fight against the epidemic, and protecting the lives and health of the people across the country with love. As an important position for epidemic prevention work, colleges and universities, in order to maintain the physical and mental health of students, use the grid management model to closely organize the student management work network, and extend the epidemic prevention and control work to the “end” of student management, so as to effectively strengthen the epidemic prevention work position in colleges and universities. In today’s era of big data, internet technology has brought great convenience to people, and people are also subtly enjoying the benefits of the era of big data in production and life. This study mainly discusses the combination of big data technology and efficient managers to deal with the management of students in the era of big data more scientifically and reasonably, and at the same time, colleges and universities do a good job in the practical significance and role of grid work mode for students under the normalization of the antiepidemic situation mode, to drive the overall development of colleges and universities and promote the improvement of college management level.

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“…Hung et al emphasised that the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted dental education [ 4 ]. The radical change in the modes of study and thus also in the students’ lives has led to complaints of a sense of loneliness, lack of motivation, restless sleep, appetite disorders, difficulties in focusing on learning, and an increase in the incidence of somatic symptoms of stress [ 18 , 19 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ].…”

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The Influence of Preventive Activities on Stress Perception among Dentistry Students in the Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Zarzecka-Francica

Gala

Gębczyński

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the strengthening of the earlier stressors and the appearance of new pandemic-related stressors. Many students of dentistry fit the profile of a group who are particularly susceptible to stress related to the pandemic. Thus, it was necessary to implement preventive activities, reducing their stress perception. This was understood as a means of significantly influencing the student’s well-being, thus improving the quality of education. Therefore, the aim of the study was to assess the impacts of implemented preventive activities on stress perception among students of dentistry during the pandemic, as well as their influence on this assessment of the selected students’ personal experiences regarding the pandemic. Methods: The study was performed one year after the outbreak of the pandemic on students of dentistry at Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. It consisted of the completion of a self-designed, voluntary, anonymous, online questionnaire. The respondent’s task was to assess the influences of implemented preventive activities on stress perception using a five-point scale. The activities were divided into external (national, global) and internal (institutional). The material was statistically analysed for all students, including pre-clinical and clinical groups. Additionally, the impact of the selected students’ personal experiences regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on the assessment was studied. Results: All preventive activities (in total) significantly reduced stress perception (p ≤ 0.001), but the intensity of their impacts (mean rank) was different. The most highly assessed activities were all external preventive activities, with the greatest intensity belonging to the prospect of receiving vaccination against SARS-CoV-2. The remaining external activities were the prospect of developing an effective COVID-19 treatment and the increase in knowledge about SARS-CoV-2. The internal activities were assessed and ascribed lower positions, with the exception of the theoretical classes held online. This activity was placed slightly lower than the highest-rated activity, the prospect of receiving vaccination. Conclusions: The studied preventive activities reduced stress perception with different levels of intensity. The highest-ranked activities were external activities. One exception was the theoretical classes held online, an internal activity. Due to the lower impact of the internal activities and the ability to modify them by the educators, there is a need to strengthen their effectiveness. The possibility of monitoring and tailoring some preventive activities to the students’ needs was the practical aspect of the conducted study. Students’ personal experiences related to the COVID-19 pandemic influenced their assessment of the preventive activities, in some cases significantly.

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Psychological stress of university students in the hardest-hit areas at different stages of the COVID-19 epidemic

Cited by 15 publications

References 43 publications

Relationship between post-traumatic disorder and posttraumatic growth in COVID-19 home-confined adolescents: The moderating role of self-efficacy

Relationship between post-traumatic disorder and posttraumatic growth in COVID-19 home-confined adolescents: The moderating role of self-efficacy

Exploration and Application of College Students’ Management Model during the Epidemic Based on Big Data Technology

The Influence of Preventive Activities on Stress Perception among Dentistry Students in the Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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