The rapid change in mental health among college students after introduction of on-campus quarantine during the 2022 Shanghai COVID-19 lockdown.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Among the various impacts of disasters in terms of emotions, quarantine has been proven to result in significant increases in mental health problems. Studies of psychological resilience during outbreaks of epidemics tend to focus on long-term social quarantine. In contrast, insufficient studies have been conducted examining how rapidly negative mental health outcomes occur and how these outcomes change over time. We evaluated the time course of psychological resilience (over three different phases of quarantine) among students at Shanghai Jiao Tong University to investigate the influence of unexpected changes on college students.

Methods

An online survey was conducted from 5 to 7 April 2022. A structured online questionnaire was administered using a retrospective

SUBMITTER: Ma D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196357 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature