Mental health in college students during COVID-19 pandemic

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v9i2.5409

Keywords:

Pandemics, Mental health, Students, Personality, Suicidal ideation.

Abstract

This is a cross-sectional study, conducted in early 2020, which aims to investigate mental health (anxiety, depression, and stress) in college students during the initial stage of quarantine in Brazil. They answered an online survey regarding their perception of COVID-19, quarantine, personality traits, suicide ideation, and mental health (Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale). Data were analyzed by the CART algorithm. Participants were 1957 students (1418 women, 72.30%) with age ranging between 18 and 40 years (Mean = 26.40; SD = 5.58). Worse mental health scores were associated with worse COVID-19’s impact on life, higher neuroticism, and higher suicide ideation, with 48.43% of explained variance in training sample. Our findings show that the mental health of college students may be related to the interaction of several factors that are prior to the pandemic as well as from the COVID-19.

Author Biographies

Maycoln Leôni Martins Teodoro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Psicólogo. Mestre em Psicologia Social. Doutor em Psicologia Clínica e do Desenvolvimento. Pós-doutor em Psicologia. Professor Associado da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Belo Horizonte

Juliana Alvares-Teodoro, UFMG

Farmacêutica. Mestre em Ciências Farmacêuticas. Doutora em Saúde Pública. Professora Associada da UFMG, Belo Horizonte

Camila Batista Peixoto, UFMG

Graduanda em Psicologia pela UFMG, Belo Horizonte

Elder Gomes Pereira, UFMG

Psicólogo. Mestrando em Psicologia pela UFMG, Belo Horizonte

Marina Luiza Nunes Diniz, UFMG

Psicóloga. Mestranda em Psicologia pela UFMG, Belo Horizonte

Sabrina Kelly Pessoa de Freitas, UFMG

Psicóloga. Mestranda em Psicologia pela UFMG, Belo Horizonte

Pricila Cristina Correa Ribeiro, UFMG

Psicóloga. Especialista em Geriatria e Gerontologia. Mestre em Gerontologia. Doutora em Saúde Coletiva. Professora Adjunta da UFMG, Belo Horizonte

Cristiano Mauro Assis Gomes, UFMG

Psicólogo. Especialista em Epidemiologia. Especialista em Psicologia da Educação. Mestre em Engenharia de Produção. Doutor e Pós-Doutor em Psicologia da Educação. Professor Associado da UFMG, Belo Horizonte

Marcela Mansur-Alves, UFMG

Psicóloga. Mestre em Psicologia. Doutora em Neurociências. Professora Adjunta da UFMG, Belo Horizonte

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2021-04-21

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Teodoro, M. L. M., Alvares-Teodoro, J., Peixoto, C. B., Pereira, E. G., Diniz, M. L. N., de Freitas, S. K. P., Ribeiro, P. C. C., Gomes, C. M. A., & Mansur-Alves, M. (2021). Mental health in college students during COVID-19 pandemic. JOURNAL FAMILY, CYCLES OF LIFE AND HEALTH IN SOCIAL CONTEXT, 9(2), 372–382. https://doi.org/10.18554/refacs.v9i2.5409

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