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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020

Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Health Outcomes Among Chinese College Students During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic.

Xinli Chi, Benjamin Becker, Qian Yu, Peter Willeit, Can Jiao, Liuyue Huang, M Mahhub Hossain, Igor Grabovac, Albert Yeung, Jingyuan Lin and 11 more

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 152 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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152citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

152 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 312 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 13 institutions in 6 countries.

Xinli ChiCenter for Lifestyle and Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Benjamin BeckerUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Qian YuCenter for Lifestyle and Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Peter WilleitInnsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
Can JiaoCenter for Lifestyle and Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Liuyue HuangCenter for Lifestyle and Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
M Mahhub HossainTexas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.
Igor GrabovacMedical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Albert YeungMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Jingyuan LinCenter for Lifestyle and Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Nicola VeronesePrimary Care Department, Azienda ULSS 3 (Unità Locale Socio Sanitaria) "Serenissima", Dolo-Mirano District, Venice, Italy.
Jian WangAnhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, China.
Xinqi ZhouUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Scott R DoigArkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, United States.
Xiaofeng LiuCenter for Lifestyle and Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Andre F CarvalhoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, ON, Canada.
Lin YangAlberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Tao XiaoCenter for Lifestyle and Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Liye ZouCenter for Lifestyle and Mental Health, School of Psychology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Paolo Fusar-PoliEarly Psychosis: Intervention and Clinical-detection (EPIC) lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Marco SolmiEarly Psychosis: Intervention and Clinical-detection (EPIC) lab, Department of Psychosis Studies, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Shenzhen University · CNUniversity of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CNAlberta Health Services · CAAnhui Jianzhu University · CNArkansas State University · USCentre for Addiction and Mental Health · CAInnsbruck Medical University · ATMassachusetts General Hospital · USMedical University of Vienna · ATOspedale di Mirano · ITTexas A&M University · USUniversity of Padua · ITUniversity of Pavia · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the prevalence and risk factors for poor mental health of Chinese university students during the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

methodChinese nation-wide on-line cross-sectional survey on university students, collected between February 12

resultsOf 2,500 invited Chinese university students, 2,038 completed the survey. Prevalence of clinically-relevant PTSD, anxiety, and depressive symptoms, and post traumatic growth (PTG) was 30.8, 15.5, 23.3, and 66.9% respectively. Older age, knowing people who had been isolated, more ACEs, higher level of anxious attachment, and lower level of resilience all predicted primary outcome (all

conclusionsA significant proportion of young adults exhibit clinically relevant posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxious or depressive symptoms, but a larger portion of individuals showed to effectively cope with COVID-19 pandemic. Interventions promoting resilience should be provided, even remotely, to those subjects with specific risk factors to develop poor mental health during COVID-19 or other pandemics with social isolation.

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anxietyCOVID-19depressionpandemicposttraumaticuniversity students

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