Costs and Benefits of Undergraduates Revealing Depression to Online Science Instructors.

ABSTRACT: Depression is one of the leading mental health concerns among science undergraduates, and rates of student depression increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Revealing one's depression in an academic science environment can be helpful, because it can result in increased support from others. However, depression is considered a concealable stigmatized identity, meaning that it can be kept hidden and may carry a stigma. A national pivot to online learning owing to COVID-19 not only increased the need to bolster student mental health, but also presented a novel learning environment. However, it is unclear to what extent students revealed their depression in science courses and why. We surveyed 1179 undergraduates with depression at a research-intensive institution about whether they had reveal

SUBMITTER: Busch CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10074278 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature