Mental health of undergraduates one year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the national college health assessment III.
J Am Coll Health
; : 1-4, 2023 Jan 03.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2166051
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the mental health of undergraduates before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown to their mental health one year later.PARTICIPANTS:
Data from the American College Health Association (ACHA)'s National College Health Assessment III (ACHA-NCHAIII) were used, averaging a sample size of 54,844 undergraduate students and 106 schools nationwide per time point of assessment in the study.METHODS:
Secondary analyses of the ACHA-NCHAIII compared undergraduates' scores on five measures of mental health measures (loneliness, psychological distress, suicidality, flourishing, and resilience) from Spring 2020 to Spring 2021.RESULTS:
Undergraduates' responses showed an increase in loneliness, psychological distress, and suicidality as well as a decrease in flourishing and resilience.CONCLUSIONS:
The worsening of undergraduates' mental health calls for greater action by schools to alleviate students' distress and improve their wellbeing.
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English
Journal:
J Am Coll Health
Year:
2023
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