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The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of Portuguese university students

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dc.contributor.authorSequeira, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorAraújo, Odete
dc.contributor.authorLourenço, Tânia
dc.contributor.authorFreitas, Otília
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, José Carlos
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Patrício
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-14T11:53:37Z
dc.date.available2022-10-14T11:53:37Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractWorldwide, 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 COVID19 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 crosssectional 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
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dc.identifier.citationSequeira, C., Araújo, O., Lourenço, T., Freitas, O., Carvalho, J.C. and Costa, P. (2022), The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Portuguese university students. Int J Mental Health Nurs, 31: 920-932.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/inm.12999pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1447-0349
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/41927
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltdpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/inm.12999pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19pt_PT
dc.subjectLiteracypt_PT
dc.subjectPositive mental healthpt_PT
dc.subjectUniversity studentspt_PT
dc.titleThe impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of Portuguese university studentspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage932pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue4pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage920pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Mental Health Nursingpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume31pt_PT
person.familyNameCruz Sequeira
person.familyNameCarvalho
person.givenNameCarlos Alberto
person.givenNameJosé Carlos
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person.identifier.ridO-1362-2015
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