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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Portuguese university students
| dc.contributor.author | Sequeira, Carlos | |
| dc.contributor.author | Araújo, Odete | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lourenço, Tânia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Freitas, Otília | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carvalho, José Carlos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-27T08:34:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-27T08:34:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive effect on daily routines, especially for university students. This study aimed to compare pre-pandemic domains of students' mental health during the pandemic lockdown. One cross-sectional study was conducted in two waves with academic students from 20 Portuguese universities, in March 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 3579) and 2 months after the first lockdown in May 2020 (n = 1228). The Positive Mental Health Questionnaire (PMHQ), the Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire, the Mental Health-promoting knowledge, and the Psychological Vulnerability Scale were used. Statistical analyses were performed by bivariate associations and multiple linear regression models. Students were mostly women (79%), with an average age of 23.2 years (SD = 6.6), displaced from their family environment (43%), out-of-home (43%), and scholarship holders (37%). Higher scores found in the PVS were associated with decreased PMHQ in both moments (P < 0.01). These cross-sectional studies showed a slight variation in the mental health variables studied in the period before and during the COVID-19 outbreak. Being a woman, younger, out-of-home, and having a scholarship (P < 0.01) seem to increase susceptibility to mental health variation before and during the pandemic. Universities should develop strategies that promote students’ mental health. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/inm.12999 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/41201 | |
| dc.language.iso | por | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.title | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Portuguese university students | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.title | International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Gonçalves Lourenço | |
| person.givenName | Tânia Marlene | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 691D-B942-53C6 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-1469-7086 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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| relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery | ab94de58-9217-46d0-877e-7da6dd5f7a86 |
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