Hopelessness during and after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown among Chinese college students: A longitudinal network analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In China, recurrent pandemics require frequent city-wide lockdowns and quarantine actions to contain the impact of COVID-19, exposing college students to psychological problems, including hopelessness. Hence, the purpose of helping problematic college students alleviate hopelessness symptoms motivates us to carry out the present study to explore their interrelationship.

Methods

Hopelessness (i.e., a complex phenomenon with important clinical consequences, such as depression and suicidality) was investigated in a large longitudinal sample of college students (N = 2787; 58.59% female; age _{mean ± SD}  = 18.34 ± 0.92) who were recruited during and after the COVID-19 lockdown using the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS).

Results

Appl

SUBMITTER: Tao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9537977 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature