Subjective mental well-being among higher education students in Finland during the first wave of COVID-19.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Jg. 50 (2022-08-01), Heft 6, S. 765-771
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Aims: Increased mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic have become a major concern among young adults. Our aim was to understand which COVID-19-related questions predicted mental well-being during the outbreak. Methods: Two cross-sectional datasets were used. The primary dataset was collected in May 2020 (n = 1001), during the initial COVID-19 outbreak, and the secondary in April 2019 (n = 10866), before the pandemic. Mental well-being was assessed with the Short Warwick–Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale. Relationships between mental well-being and COVID-19-related questions were investigated with lasso regression. As an exploratory analysis, two-way ANOVAs were used to compare mental well-being before and during the outbreak. Results: Higher levels of mental well-being were associated with lower levels of academic stress and COVID-19-related worry, along with a higher satisfaction with the procedures and information provided by the higher education institutions and the government. COVID-19-related symptoms and infections did not have an impact on students' mental well-being during the outbreak. Small to moderate effect sizes across the time points were detected, indicating an overall decrease in mental well-being across age and gender during the outbreak. Conclusions: COVID-19 had an impact on higher education students' mental well-being. Higher education institutes may play a crucial role in protecting their students' well-being during uncertain times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Subjective mental well-being among higher education students in Finland during the first wave of COVID-19.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Sarasjärvi, Kiira K. ; Vuolanto, Pia H. ; Solin, Pia C.M. ; Appelqvist-Schmidlechner, Kaija L. ; Tamminen, Nina M. ; Elovainio, Marko ; Therman, Sebastian |
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Zeitschrift: | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Jg. 50 (2022-08-01), Heft 6, S. 765-771 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2022 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1403-4948 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1177/14034948221075433 |
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