An international comparison of gender differences in mental health among higher-education students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a multilevel design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health problems are a common phenomenon among higher-education students. How these mental health problems manifest themselves appears to differ between male and female students. While the latter group bears a greater risk of developing internalizing problems, with depression being particularly prevalent, these problems manifest themselves in male students mainly via externalizing disorders, with alcohol abuse being the most prevalent. Available cross-national research on students' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, to date, mainly focused on the prevalence of depressive symptoms, thereby ignoring a possible gendered impact of the pandemic.

Methods

The current study used the COVID-19 International Student Well-Being Study, which collected data on st

SUBMITTER: Van de Velde S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10701939 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature