Students' Emotional Well-being and Academic Functioning Before, During, and After Lockdown in Germany: Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 lockdowns have led to social detriments and altered learning environments among university students. Recent research indicates that such ramifications may engender various impairments to students' mental health. However, such research has major limitations, such as the lack of a prepandemic control measure, the focus on singular well-being parameters, or the investigation of only the early phases of the pandemic.

Objective

To address these research gaps, this comprehensive and nationwide study compared 3 student cohorts (aged 17-48 years) in Germany: a prepandemic cohort (January-February 2020), a postlockdown cohort (May 2020-July 2020), and an intralockdown cohort (January-February 2021) regarding students' general emotional well-being and academic

SUBMITTER: Nunez TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668332 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature