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Transitioning to college during COVID-19: A brief report on incoming students' self-reports of mental health from 2020 to 2022.
McKenney, Erin E; Cucchiara, Claudia L; Gotham, Katherine O.
Afiliação
  • McKenney EE; Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA.
  • Cucchiara CL; Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA.
  • Gotham KO; Department of Psychology, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA.
J Am Coll Health ; : 1-7, 2023 Nov 28.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38015180
ABSTRACT

Objective:

Depression and anxiety have been identified as growing concerns for many populations in the United States, including young adults. We investigated how internalizing symptoms may have changed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic among students transitioning to college.

Participants:

Participants were incoming undergraduates in Fall 2020, 2021, and 2022 at Northeastern Universities (N = 263).

Methods:

Participants completed self-reports of mood, repetitive thinking, and social satisfaction within two weeks of beginning their first college semester.

Results:

Depression and anxiety symptoms appear to differ by year, such that both have increased over time. These results seem to be co-occurring with an increase in repetitive negative thinking - a known predictor of depression and anxiety.

Conclusions:

These preliminary results suggest that mental health concerns in young adults may be worsening despite the resumption of in-person activities post-initial pandemic onset. This highlights the need to monitor and intervene on mental health in students transitioning to college.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article