{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12"],"submitter":["Lopez Steinmetz LC"],"pubmed_abstract":["<b>Background:</b> We aimed to: (1) analyze differences in both general (in terms of psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, and psychological distress) and specific (depression, trait-anxiety, negative alcohol-related consequences, and suicidal risk) mental health state (MHS) in college students, residing in four different Argentinean regions (center, north, south, and the most populated) exposed to different spread-rates of the COVID-19; (2) analyze between-group differences in both general and specific MHS indicators at four quarantine sub-periods (twice prior, and twice following the first quarantine extension). <b>Methods:</b> We used a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample including 2,687 college students. Data was collected online during the Argentinean quarantine. We calculated one-way between-groups ANOVA with Tukey's <i>post hoc</i> test. <b>Results:</b> Regionally, the center and the most populated area differed in psychological well-being/discomfort and negative alcohol-related consequences, but not in the remaining MHS indicators. According to the quarantine sub-periods, there were differences in psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, psychological distress, and negative alcohol-related consequences. Negative alcohol-related consequences were the only MHS indicator improving over time. For all of the remaining MHS indicators, we found a similar deterioration pattern in the course of time, with mean scores decreasing from the first to the 2nd week of the quarantine pre-extensions, then increasing toward the 1st week of the quarantine post-extension (with some MHS indicators reaching mean scores worse than the start), and then continued to increase. <b>Conclusion:</b> A worsened mean MHS during quarantine suggests that quarantine and its extensions contribute to negative mental health impacts."],"journal":["Frontiers in psychiatry"],"pagination":["557880"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7969711"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Mental Health Impacts in Argentinean College Students During COVID-19 Quarantine."],"pmcid":["PMC7969711"],"pubmed_authors":["Lopez Steinmetz LC","Dutto Florio MA","Fong SB","Godoy JC","Leyes CA","Lopez Steinmetz RL"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Mental Health Impacts in Argentinean College Students During COVID-19 Quarantine.","description":"<b>Background:</b> We aimed to: (1) analyze differences in both general (in terms of psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, and psychological distress) and specific (depression, trait-anxiety, negative alcohol-related consequences, and suicidal risk) mental health state (MHS) in college students, residing in four different Argentinean regions (center, north, south, and the most populated) exposed to different spread-rates of the COVID-19; (2) analyze between-group differences in both general and specific MHS indicators at four quarantine sub-periods (twice prior, and twice following the first quarantine extension). <b>Methods:</b> We used a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample including 2,687 college students. Data was collected online during the Argentinean quarantine. We calculated one-way between-groups ANOVA with Tukey's <i>post hoc</i> test. <b>Results:</b> Regionally, the center and the most populated area differed in psychological well-being/discomfort and negative alcohol-related consequences, but not in the remaining MHS indicators. According to the quarantine sub-periods, there were differences in psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, psychological distress, and negative alcohol-related consequences. Negative alcohol-related consequences were the only MHS indicator improving over time. For all of the remaining MHS indicators, we found a similar deterioration pattern in the course of time, with mean scores decreasing from the first to the 2nd week of the quarantine pre-extensions, then increasing toward the 1st week of the quarantine post-extension (with some MHS indicators reaching mean scores worse than the start), and then continued to increase. <b>Conclusion:</b> A worsened mean MHS during quarantine suggests that quarantine and its extensions contribute to negative mental health impacts.","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021","modification":"2025-04-04T19:10:26.371Z","creation":"2025-04-04T19:10:26.371Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7969711","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33746788"],"doi":["10.3389/fpsyt.2021.557880"]}}