Mental wellbeing of higher education students in challenging times.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Student age and starting higher education require adaptation to a new physical and psychosocial environment, making the time of studies a highly sensitive period. Current and future generations of students are also likely to face additional global stressors, which potentially exacerbate their mental wellbeing. The aim of the study was to investigate how higher education students' appraisal of the COVID-19 pandemic situation and of their personal resources predict mental wellbeing (anxiety and curiosity).

Methods

The study used cross-sectional data collected from 3,727 higher education students in an online survey conducted during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results

After controlling for a number of pandemic-related factors, all considered aspect

SUBMITTER: Lazarewicz MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11746005 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature