Association of chronic stress during studies with depressive symptoms 10 years later.

ABSTRACT: The long-tern implications of stress during university for individuals' mental health are not well understood so far. Hence, we aimed to examine the potential effect of stress while studying at university on depression in later life. We analysed data from two waves of the longitudinal Study on Occupational Allergy Risks. Using the 'work overload' and 'proving oneself' scales of the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress and the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), participants reported chronic stress during university (2007-2009, mean age 22.2 years, T1) and depressive symptoms ten years later (2017-2018, mean age 31.6 years, T2). We performed linear regression analyses to explore the association between stress during university (T1) and later depressive symptoms (T2). Participants (N = 548

SUBMITTER: Weinmann T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11742973 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature