The age of anxiety? It depends where you look: changes in STAI trait anxiety, 1970–2010

Booth, Robert W.; Sharma, Dinkar; Leader, Tirza

doi:10.1007/s00127-015-1096-0

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“…Students also reported that the top four factors negatively influencing their academic performance were stress (42.2%), anxiety (32.5%), sleep difficulties (28.4%), and depression (20.9%) (American College Health Association, 2016). Though alarming, these results are in line with other findings about student mental health, since this group traditionally reports higher stress than that of the general population (Adlaf et al, 2001;Ibrahim et al, 2013;Stallman, 2010), and their levels of anxiety and stress have risen in recent years (Booth, Sharma, & Leader, 2016).…”

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Stressing in the Fall: Effects of a Fall Break on Undergraduate Students

Poole

Khan

Agnew

2019

cjhe

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Universities across Canada are responding to increasing levels of student stress and mental illness by introducing a fall break. However, scant research has investigated the effectiveness of this intervention. Our team assessed perceived stress and the number of stressors experienced by students at McMaster University using established self-report stress questionnaires, comparing stress before and after the break. We found that despite the widespread expectation that a fall break will decrease student stress, the effects of this intervention are not straightforward. Students experienced fewer stressors after the break than before it, but experienced higher levels of overall stress. Additionally, stress varied according to several demographic variables, revealing some groups to be at higher risk for stress-related problems. Given the wide-scale adoption of fall breaks, we hope that this investigation can initiate dialogue about the importance of evidence-based decisions in the development of stress-reduction interventions for Canadian university students.

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confidence: 89%

Stressing in the Fall: Effects of a Fall Break on Undergraduate Students

Poole

Khan

Agnew

2019

cjhe

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“…As outlined in the introduction, most such publications have not supported the public impression that mental illness prevalence is on the increase . In addition, several meta‐analyses on changes in anxiety and depression population mean scores over time have reported mixed results, questioning a clear tendency towards increasing anxiety and depression in Western populations .…”

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confidence: 99%

Is the global prevalence rate of adult mental illness increasing? Systematic review and meta‐analysis

Richter

Wall

Bruen

et al. 2019

Acta Psychiatr Scand

119

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Is the global prevalence rate of adult mental illness increasing? Systematic review and meta-analysis Richter D, Wall A, Bruen A, Whittington R. Is the global prevalence rate of adult mental illness increasing? Systematic review and metaanalysis Objectives: The question whether mental illness prevalence rates are increasing is a controversially debated topic. Epidemiological articles and review publications that look into this research issue are often compromised by methodological problems. The present study aimed at using a meta-analysis technique that is usually applied for the analysis of intervention studies to achieve more transparency and statistical precision. Methods: We searched PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Google Scholar and reference lists for repeated cross-sectional population studies on prevalence rates of adult mental illness based on ICD-or DSM-based diagnoses, symptom scales and distress scales that used the same methodological approach at least twice in the same geographical region. The study is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42018090959). Results: We included 44 samples from 42 publications, representing 1 035 697 primary observations for the first time point and 783 897 primary observations for the second and last time point. Studies were conducted between 1978 and 2015. Controlling for a hierarchical data structure, we found an overall global prevalence increase in odds ratio of 1.179 (95%-CI: 1.065-1.305). A multivariate meta-regression suggested relevant associations with methodological characteristics of included studies. Conclusions: We conclude that the prevalence increase in adult mental illness is small, and we assume that this increase is mainly related to demographic changes. Summations• The issue of potentially increasing prevalence rates of mental illness is controversial. • Using a meta-analysis, we found a small increase in prevalence rates over time.• The increase may be due to demographic changes in current societies. Limitations• There is a scarcity of data from non-Western regions.• The coverage of mental illness is unevenly distributed.• No data on prevalence changes of psychosis/schizophrenia were available.

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“…Total scores ranged from 20 to 80. Spielberger's State Scale normative data were not used as a normative comparison of findings in this study because recent findings have indicated Australian and American STAI anxiety rating scores have increased compared to the original published normative dataset (Booth et al, 2016).…”

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Mental health consumer participation in undergraduate occupational therapy student assessment: No negative impact

Logan

Yule

Taylor

et al. 2018

Aus Occup Therapy J

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Including mental health consumers as assessors did not negatively impact student engagement and academic performance, nor increase student anxiety beyond that typically observed in oral assessment tasks. The findings provide support for expanding the role of mental health consumers in the education and assessment of occupational therapy students. Development of methods to determine the efficacy of consumer involvement remains an area for future research.

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The age of anxiety? It depends where you look: changes in STAI trait anxiety, 1970–2010

Cited by 39 publications

References 36 publications

Stressing in the Fall: Effects of a Fall Break on Undergraduate Students

Stressing in the Fall: Effects of a Fall Break on Undergraduate Students

Is the global prevalence rate of adult mental illness increasing? Systematic review and meta‐analysis

Mental health consumer participation in undergraduate occupational therapy student assessment: No negative impact

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