Subjective mental well-being among higher education students in Finland during the first wave of COVID-19
| Autor: | Kiira K. Sarasjärvi, Pia H. Vuolanto, Pia C.M. Solin, Kaija L. Appelqvist-Schmidlechner, Nina M. Tamminen, Marko Elovainio, Sebastian Therman |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Tampere University, Unit of Social Research, Doctoral Programme in Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty Common Matters (Faculty of Social Sciences), Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Psychosocial factors and health |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
cross-sectional
Mental well-being SARS-CoV-2 Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 General Medicine SWEMWBS 3142 Public health care science environmental and occupational health 3141 Health care science Young Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Mental Health higher education Surveys and Questionnaires 5141 Sociology Humans HEALTH Students first wave Pandemics Finland |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 50:765-771 |
| ISSN: | 1651-1905 1403-4948 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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