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Tenhunen EL, Malamut S, McMullin P, Turunen T, Yanagida T, Salmivalli C. Entering the Classroom: Do Newcomers Experience More Peer Victimization than Their Established Peers? Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2024:10.1007/s10802-024-01225-6. [PMID: 39001989 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01225-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/18/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024]
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Students changing classrooms or schools may face challenges from entering a new peer context without friends and standing out from the crowd as newcomers. Two studies examined whether newcomer status predicts peer victimization at school, exploring several potential moderating factors (e.g., social anxiety, immigrant background and having good friends in the classroom) (Study 1: n = 6,199; Mage=12.53) and whether being victimized as a newcomer varied based on the different reasons for mobility (e.g., parental dissolution, residential move, previous victimization, changing into a more suitable school) (Study 2: n = 58,738). In both studies, newcomers reported higher peer victimization compared to established students. Having good friends in the classroom was found as a protective factor in Study 1, being the only statistically significant moderator. All reasons for mobility, except changing into a more suitable school, predicted slightly higher peer victimization in Study 2, with the highest risk for those changing schools due to previous peer victimization experiences.
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- Essi-Lotta Tenhunen
- INVEST Research Flagship, Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, 20500, Finland.
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- INVEST Research Flagship, Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, 20500, Finland
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- INVEST Research Flagship, Department of Sociology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- INVEST Research Flagship, Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, 20500, Finland
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- Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- INVEST Research Flagship, Department of Psychology, University of Turku, Turku, 20500, Finland
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Henkens JHD, Stevens GWJM, de Valk HAG. The Relation between Residential Mobility and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Adolescence: The Role of Subjective Moving Experience, Gender, and Friendship Quality. J Youth Adolesc 2024:10.1007/s10964-024-02014-6. [PMID: 38789875 DOI: 10.1007/s10964-024-02014-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Adolescent residential mobility can be a stressful life event, potentially aggravating internalizing or externalizing problems. However, the longitudinal effects of residential mobility are understudied and may be context-dependent. This study investigates the longitudinal associations between adolescent residential mobility and internalizing and externalizing problems. Additionally, this study examines for whom residential moves are most detrimental by including subjective moving experience, gender, and friendship quality before the move as moderators. Longitudinal data from 2,029 adolescents (51% female) from the TRacking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS) were used (Mage [SD] at T1 = 11.1 [0.55], T2 = 13.6 [0.52], and T3 = 16.3 [0.70]). Results from stepwise multi-level random-effect models showed that adolescents who experienced an unpleasant move remained stable in internalizing problems, while others decreased over time. Adolescents who moved increased stronger in externalizing problems than adolescents who did not move, independent of whether they experienced the move as unpleasant. Gender and friendship quality before the move did not moderate the relation between residential mobility and internalizing or externalizing problem development. These results emphasize that residential moves in adolescence, especially when experienced as unpleasant, can have long-lasting negative effects on adolescent development.
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- Juul H D Henkens
- Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute-KNAW/University of Groningen, The Hague, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Social Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute-KNAW/University of Groningen, The Hague, The Netherlands
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Serrano IMA, Cuyugan AMN, Cruz K, Mahusay JMA, Alibudbud R. Sociodemographic characteristics, social support, and family history as factors of depression, anxiety, and stress among young adult senior high school students in metro Manila, Philippines, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1225035. [PMID: 37772068 PMCID: PMC10525313 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1225035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Introduction Academic institutions must consider the students at risk for developing poor mental health and the factors influencing them. With the scarcity of literature concerning student mental health in the Philippines, this study determined the factors influencing the risk of anxiety, depression, and stress among senior high school students in metro Manila. Methods This cross-sectional study explored the influence of sociodemographic characteristics, social support, and family history on depression, anxiety, and stress among young adult senior high school students using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). After describing the data, regression analyses were performed. Results A total of 187 participants were recruited. Three out of five participants have a significant risk for depression. Four out of five participants were at significant risk for anxiety. One out of four participants was at risk for significant stress. Social support from a significant other and one's family may be protective factors for significant depression among the participants. Having female sex may be a risk factor for significant anxiety. In addition, having female sex and a family history of mental disorders may be risk factors for significant stress. Discussion Social support should be strengthened among senior high school students to improve their mental well-being. Students at risk for poor mental health, including females and those with a family history of mental disorders, may need additional support in school mental health programs. Finally, further research is recommended to fully understand mental health among Filipino students.
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- Department of Sociology and Behavioral Sciences, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
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Promoting Temporal Investigations of Development in Context: a Systematic Review of Longitudinal Research Linking Childhood Circumstances and Learning-related Outcomes. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10648-023-09734-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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AbstractChildren’s learning and cognitive development have a distinct receptivity to the circumstances of childhood. However, not all children have equal opportunities and learning inequities continue to be influenced by the social and economic circumstances of childhood. Examining factors within the environments that children are growing up in, and the associations of these factors with learning, can help to identify leverage points for change, enabling more children to be supported to reach their potential. Specifically, turning attention to the timing and duration of exposure to specific social and economic factors across childhood can provide essential details to determine who is most susceptible to contextual effects and at what ages. This paper presents a systematic review of 75 longitudinal studies of families and children carried out between 2000 and 2021. These studies tracked social and economic circumstances between pregnancy and early adolescence in relation to educational and cognitive outcomes across the lifespan. The results of the included studies were examined and grouped into themes using reflexive thematic analysis. The findings largely suggest that the degree to which educational and cognitive outcomes are affected by specific social and economic circumstances depends on the duration, timing, and mobility across childhood. In particular, findings relating to the developmental timing of exposure, as well as persistent exposure, revealed distinct evidence of the effects of temporality. These findings provide detail into how much and in what instances temporality should be considered—results which can be used to inform avenues for reducing learning disparities.
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García‐Martínez I, Augusto‐Landa JM, Quijano‐López R, León SP. What are pre-service teachers like? Analysis of their psychosocial profile. Scand J Psychol 2022; 63:555-564. [PMID: 35653549 PMCID: PMC9796927 DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Modern society is becoming increasingly interested in people who are emotionally competent and who have the psychosocial skills required to be successful within the current social environment. However, no studies have been published on the assessment of the role of Emotional Intelligence (EI) on mental health if we assume the possible mediation of resilience and personality factors in the case of pre-service teachers. Therefore, the aim of the study was to analyse the mediating role of resilience and personality factors in the relationship between EI and mental health of 1,022 pre-service teachers enrolled in different educational degrees. The results found support the mediating role of resilience in the relationship between emotional intelligence and mental health; nevertheless, this was not the case when personality traits were analysed. Furthermore, it has been found that EI and resilience positively affect mental health of university students. Practical implications of this study are oriented towards an advance within the emerging trend of deepening the EI and resilience constructs among mental health care providers. Only if we understand the complex interactions between the constructs which determine people will it be possible to develop educational and health programmes responding to current needs.
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The Effect of Auriculotherapy on Situational Anxiety Trigged by Examinations: A Randomized Pilot Trial. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10101816. [DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10101816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 09/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: Auriculotherapy may activate the parasympathetic nerve system and reduce anxiety levels. Short-term auriculotherapy’s effects and safety on university students’ anxiety levels was assessed prior to exams. Methods: A randomized, controlled pilot trial was conducted. The day before the exam, university students were randomly allocated to the auriculotherapy group (AA, n = 13) or the waiting-list group (WG, n = 13). Baseline measures were taken 4 weeks before the exam at Time point (TP 0); at 7.30 a.m. on the day before the exam (TP I); at 11 a.m. before auriculotherapy (TP II); 30 min after AA (TP III); and at 7.30 a.m. before the exam (TP IV). The outcomes were the State-Trait-Anxiety Inventory (STAI); quality of night-sleep, Visual Analogue scale (VAS) for anxiety, and salivary cortisol. Adverse events were also recorded. Results: A total of 26 students participated in this study and became more anxious as assessed by STAI in TPII (p = 0.002) and TPIV (p = 0.000) than TP0. AA reduced the STAI in TPIII (p = 0.045) and PIV (p = 0.001) and the VAS (p = 0.012) in TPIV. Cortisol was reduced in TPIII (p = 0.004), and the AA slept better (p = 0.014) at TPIV. Discomfort at the auricular site was reported in only one AA participant. Conclusions: Auriculotherapy appeared safe and effective in reducing anxiety levels before university exams.
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Thang NT, Linh DTD, Anh TN, Phuong NT, Giang ND, Long NX, Nhung DTC, Long KQ. Severe Symptoms of Mental Disorders Among Students Majoring in Foreign Languages in Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study. Front Public Health 2022; 10:855607. [PMID: 35712280 PMCID: PMC9196266 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.855607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mental health disorders among university students have been a serious issue in many countries and can negatively affect academic performance and all aspects of daily living, relationships, and physical health. In this study, we aim to estimate the prevalence of severe symptoms of mental disorders and examine associated factors among students majoring in foreign languages in Vietnam. We used the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales (DASS-21) to detect severe symptoms of mental disorders in 1,788 students, including severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. The Financial-Study-Family-Friend (FSFF) scale was utilized to assess how much students worried about finance, academic, and social support from family and friends. Multiple logistic regressions were carried out to evaluate the relationship between severe symptoms of mental disorders and FSFF factors. The prevalence of severe levels of depression, anxiety, and stress were 21.1, 35.0, and 16.3%, respectively. While varying somewhat due to students' demographic characteristics, all four aspects of the FSFF scale were related to the severe symptoms of mental disorders of students. Concerns about study had the largest effects (ORs ranging from 2.84 to 3.72) while difficulty in finance had the smallest effects (ORs ranging from 1.23 to 1.37) on students' depression, anxiety, and stress. The prevalence of severe symptoms of mental disorders in students was high in our study. Teachers and universities should focus more attention on students' mental health. Social support from family and friends also plays a crucial role in the mental health of students.
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- Nguyen Thi Thang
- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Educational Psychology, University of Languages and International Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Center for Population Health Science, Hanoi University of Public Health, Hanoi, Vietnam
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Li W, Li LMW, Lou NM. Who moved with you? The companionship of significant others reduces movers’ motivation to make new friends. ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- The Education University of Hong Kong Tai Po Hong Kong SAR China
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Perig AV, Zavdoveev AV, Skyrtach VM, Kovalov OD, Arnout BA, Uskoković V, Gavrish PA, Hanevych OD, Sharapaniuk BY, Kostikov AA, Subotin OV. Materials extrusion-inspired engineering reflection of social pressure-induced environmental impact on academy community well-being. Work 2021; 68:333-352. [PMID: 33136085 DOI: 10.3233/wor-203301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Existing issues with student mental health are the sources of ongoing violation of academic and educational integrity in learning and instructional dynamics in all educational institutions worldwide. OBJECTIVE This didactical paper addresses the practical case of educational integrity violations induced by student mental illness. It presents a thought-provoking unified viewpoint of the existence of a non-obvious geometric analogy between the irreversible psycho-social process of mental disorder growth and the irreversible pressure forming-induced deformation process of materials extrusion through an angular domain. METHODS This paper uses the method of geometric analogy between the dynamics of social irreversible processes in human society and technical irreversible processes in materials extrusion. RESULTS The novel analogy between the loss of elliptical shape of an initial circular material element within pressure-extruded material and the development of student mental inadequacy during intensive university education was firstly studied and analyzed in detail. CONCLUSIONS The author-proposed original socio-technical cross-disciplinary analogy improves and broadens student understanding of nonlinear dynamics both in the technical processes of macroscopic rotation formation in pressure-formed material and in the bio-social processes of psycho-neurological pathology development within a learner's mind.
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- Alexander V Perig
- Manufacturing Processes and Automation Engineering Department, Donbass State Engineering Academy, Shkadinova, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
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- Department of Philosophy, Socio-Political and Legal Sciences, Donbass State Pedagogical University, Generala Batyuka, Slavyansk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
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- Manufacturing Processes and Automation Engineering Department, Donbass State Engineering Academy, Shkadinova, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
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- Department of Psychology, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.,Department of Psychology, Zagazig University, Egypt
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Engineering Gateway, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Lifting and Transporting Machines and Equipment, Donbass State Engineering Academy, Shkadinova, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
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- Manufacturing Processes and Automation Engineering Department, Donbass State Engineering Academy, Shkadinova, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
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- Manufacturing Processes and Automation Engineering Department, Donbass State Engineering Academy, Shkadinova, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
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- Manufacturing Processes and Automation Engineering Department, Donbass State Engineering Academy, Shkadinova, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
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- Manufacturing Processes and Automation Engineering Department, Donbass State Engineering Academy, Shkadinova, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine
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Conrad RC, Hahm H“C, Koire A, Pinder-Amaker S, Liu CH. College student mental health risks during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications of campus relocation. J Psychiatr Res 2021; 136:117-126. [PMID: 33588225 PMCID: PMC8635290 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2020] [Revised: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE During the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities evacuated their campuses, requiring students to vacate on campus residences. The psychological outcomes of students who relocated during the pandemic remains unknown. We examined mandated relocation experiences related to self-reported worry, grief, loneliness, and depressive, generalized anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS We analyzed cross-sectional survey data obtained from April 9 to August 4, 2020 on 791 young adults (ages 18-30 years) who were enrolled at a U.S. university. The CARES 2020 Project (COVID-19 Adult Resilience Experiences Study) is an online survey of young adults' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recruitment relied on snowball sampling. Participants were asked if they were required to relocate from campus and among those who did, their experiences in moving. COVID-19-related worry and grief, loneliness, and depressive, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms were assessed. RESULTS Approximately one-third of students reported being mandated to relocate. Students mandated to relocate reported more COVID-19-related grief, loneliness, and generalized anxiety symptoms compared to those who did not even after controlling for the severity level of local COVID-19 outbreaks. Students who had to leave behind valuable personal belongings reported more COVID-19-related worries, grief, and depressive, generalized anxiety, and PTSD symptoms. CONCLUSIONS Students who were mandated to relocate reported worse psychological outcomes compared to students who were not mandated to relocate. Our findings have implications for addressing the psychological impact of evacuating college campuses during public health emergencies and other disasters.
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- Rachel C. Conrad
- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA,Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- School of Social Work, Boston University, 264 Bay State Rd, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA,Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA,McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St, Belmont, MA, 02478, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA,Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St, Boston, MA, 02115, USA,Department of Newborn Medicine, 221 Longwood Avenue, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA,Corresponding author. Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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Mofatteh M. Risk factors associated with stress, anxiety, and depression among university undergraduate students. AIMS Public Health 2020; 8:36-65. [PMID: 33575406 PMCID: PMC7870388 DOI: 10.3934/publichealth.2021004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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It is well-known that prevalence of stress, anxiety, and depression is high among university undergraduate students in developed and developing countries. Students entering university are from different socioeconomic background, which can bring a variety of mental health risk factors. The aim of this review was to investigate present literatures to identify risk factors associated with stress, anxiety, and depression among university undergraduate students in developed and developing countries. I identified and critically evaluated forty-one articles about risk factors associated with mental health of undergraduate university students in developed and developing countries from 2000 to 2020 according to the inclusion criteria. Selected papers were analyzed for risk factor themes. Six different themes of risk factors were identified: psychological, academic, biological, lifestyle, social and financial. Different risk factor groups can have different degree of impact on students' stress, anxiety, and depression. Each theme of risk factor was further divided into multiple subthemes. Risk factors associated with stress, depression and anxiety among university students should be identified early in university to provide them with additional mental health support and prevent exacerbation of risk factors.
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- Mohammad Mofatteh
- Lincoln College, University of Oxford, Turl Street, Oxford OX1 3DR, United Kingdom
- Merton College, University of Oxford, Merton Street, Oxford OX1 4DJ, United Kingdom
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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Wang YR, Sun JW, Lin PZ, Zhang HH, Mu GX, Cao FL. Suicidality among young adults: Unique and cumulative roles of 14 different adverse childhood experiences. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2019; 98:104183. [PMID: 31521907 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND College students with suicidal ideation (SI) are at high risk of suicide. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are important risk factors for suicidal behavior. Most research in this area has been restricted to 10 conventional ACEs and suggests negative long-term developmental effects from other common childhood adversities such as peer victimization, peer isolation/rejection, exposure to community violence, and low socioeconomic status. OBJECTIVE To test the unique and cumulative associations of 14 different ACEs with SI among young adults. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING Participants were 989 college students from two universities in China's provincial-leveled Hui Autonomous Region. METHODS Associations between ACEs and SI were analyzed by logistic regression. A Chi-square trend test was used to examine the association between cumulative ACEs and SI. RESULTS The rates of suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts among the cohort were 11.9%, 3.7%, and 1.6%, respectively; 43.9% had experienced at least one ACE. The strongest predictor of SI in adulthood was peer isolation/rejection, followed by emotional neglect, then low socioeconomic status. There was a cumulative effect of ACEs and SI, whereby the greater the number of ACEs, the greater the likelihood of SI. CONCLUSION Peer isolation/rejection, emotional neglect, and low socioeconomic status were associated with increased risk of SI in adulthood. Two (peer isolation/rejection and low socioeconomic status) of the three factors that emerged from the analysis are not typically included in ACEs research. There was a cumulative effect of 14 kinds of ACEs on SI among young adults. Early recognition of risk factors is therefore important.
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- Yan-Rong Wang
- School of Nursing, Shandong University, No.44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, China; School of Nursing, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, No.44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, China; Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 603 E. Daniel St. Champaign, IL, 61820, United States
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, No.44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, China; The First Hospital of Quanzhou, Quanzhou, 362000, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, No.44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, China; The Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, No.44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, China; School of Nursing, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, 750004, China
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- School of Nursing, Shandong University, No.44 Wenhua Xi Road, Jinan, 250012, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Health Economics and Policy Research, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
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