Mental health among Chinese university students during COVID-19: 28-month, ten-wave longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The cumulative effects of long-term exposure to pandemic-related stressors and the severity of social restrictions may have been important determinants of mental distress in the time of COVID-19.

Aim

This study aimed to investigate mental health among a cohort of Chinese university students over a 28-month period, focusing on the effects of lockdown type.

Methods

Depression, anxiety, stress and fear of COVID-19 infection were measured ten times among 188 Chinese students (females 77.7%, mean_age = 19.8, s.d._age = 0.97), every 3 months: from prior to the emergence of COVID-19 in November 2019 (T1) to March 2022 (T10).

Results

Initially depression, anxiety and stress dipped from T1 to T2, followed by a sudden increase at T3 and a s

SUBMITTER: Li WW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12001943 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature