What is it about?
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on the mental health of students in higher education, some of whom have responded with post-traumatic symptomatology, but there have also been those who have learned something positive, i.e., grown from this experience. From this, we ask what psychological variables, pandemic-related, online study-related, or sociodemographic characteristics predict the mental health of these students?
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Why is it important?
Our findings show that some psychological variables such as emotional regulation strategies, repetitive thinking and search for social support, or others such as the number of hours spent online for classes, gender and age, influence the positive or negative mental health of students. These variables should be considered in any institutional, personal or health professional's plan to support students in critical situations such as a pandemic.
Perspectives
This work required time and dedication on the part of our team. Being a longitudinal study, the biggest challenge was to get the students who answered the questionnaires the first time to do it again six months later, something we achieved with great care. We are very happy with the results obtained because we feel that it can be a real contribution to the improvement of the mental health of students in situations such as the pandemic.
Felipe Farcía
Universidad de Concepcion
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This page is a summary of: Mental health in Chilean higher education students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study., Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy, September 2022, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/tra0001363.
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