The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Italian University Students' Mental Health: Changes across the Waves.

ABSTRACT: To reduce the spread of COVID-19, the Italian government imposed a rigid lockdown and, for a whole year, continued to declare stringent rules to curb the community spread. This study provides an overview of university students' symptomatology and help-seeking behaviour before and during the pandemic. It aims to evaluate the impact of the different phases of the pandemic on students' mental health. We collected data in four-time points between March 2019 and March 2021. A total of 454 students (F = 85; M = 15) were included in the study. Students answered a socio-demographic and a standardized questionnaire (i.e., SCL-90-R) to evaluate a broad range of symptomatology. The results suggest that students experienced moderate to severe levels of depressive, obsessive-compulsive and anxiety symp

SUBMITTER: Di Consiglio M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8469053 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature