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Mental Health Status and Coping among Portuguese Higher Education Students in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorLaranjeira, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorDixe, Maria dos Anjos
dc.contributor.authorQuerido, Ana
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-09T15:56:03Z
dc.date.available2024-01-09T15:56:03Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-10
dc.description.abstractGlobally, the COVID-19 outbreak had an adverse effect on higher education students’ mental health and psychological well-being. This study aims to assess the prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression and associated factors in a sample of students in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and determine the predictive effect of mental health status on coping. The sample was collected between March and July 2020 and included 392 higher education students in Portugal. An online cross-sectional study was conducted using a survey that included an information form, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, and the Brief Resilient Coping Scale. The prevalence of mild-to-extremely severe depression, anxiety and stress was 24.2%, 32.7% and 33.4%, respectively. About 60% of the sample had poor coping abilities. Masters students, participants older than 30 years and female participants had significantly greater resilient coping compared to undergraduate students and younger and male participants (p < 0.05). Resilient coping correlated negatively with depression, anxiety and stress. The regression analysis showed that age together with overall levels of depression, anxiety and stress explained 16.9% of the variance in coping. The results should inform the implementation of interventions to mitigate the impact of psychological distress and promote mental health.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationLaranjeira, C.; Dixe, M.A.; Querido, A. Mental Health Status and Coping among Portuguese Higher Education Students in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2023, 13, 429–439. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ejihpe13020032pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe13020032pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2254-9625
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/9215
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationCenter for Innovative Care and Health Technology
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dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectMental healthpt_PT
dc.subjectHigher education studentspt_PT
dc.subjectStresspt_PT
dc.subjectAnxietypt_PT
dc.subjectDepressionpt_PT
dc.subjectCopingpt_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19pt_PT
dc.subjectPandemicpt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titleMental Health Status and Coping among Portuguese Higher Education Students in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemicpt_PT
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oaire.citation.endPage439pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage429pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Educationpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume13pt_PT
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