ReviewWorld journal of psychiatry2022
Influencing factors, prediction and prevention of depression in college students: A literature review.
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- Efficacy of music therapy for depressive symptoms in college students: a meta-analysis and systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Behavioral and Psychological Correlates of Depressive Symptoms in Korean Women: Attenuation of the Perceived Body Size Association After Adjustment.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Structured Prototype Learning with Feature Fusion for Sparse and Asynchronous Audio-Visual Depression Recognition.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The transdiagnostic network of childhood trauma, anxiety, and depression in college students: centrality of emotional neglect and the bridging function of emotional abuse.BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Effects of Academic Performance on Depression and Subjective Well-Being Among Students in China's Elite Universities.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Impact of Coping and Psychological Flexibility on Young Adult Caregivers' Mental Health and Quality of Life.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2026Article
- Association of Academic Level and Body Mass Index with Depressive Symptoms Among Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Bronx, NY: A Cross-Sectional Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Academic Tangping scale for college students in China: scale development, validation and application.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Exercise adherence and subjective well-being: the chain mediating roles of self-efficacy and outcome expectations.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and epidemiology of depression symptoms among Pakistani students: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2000-2025).Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- Physical activity and social media addiction: a multi-mediation analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Academic discipline and university students' well-being: a comparative analysis with implications for physical and psychological health promotion strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between school belonging and depressive symptoms among Chinese college students: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Key factors and serial mediation analysis of anxiety and depression among university students: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Divergent pathways to depression: a network analysis of adverse childhood experiences in migrant and non-migrant youth.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Depression in Chinese adolescents: prevalence, symptoms, risk factors, affected brain, diagnosis, and interventions.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- The Relationship Between Academic Delay of Gratification and Depressive Symptoms Among College Students: Exploring the Roles of Academic Involution and Academic Resilience.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Parent-Child Attachment and Peer Attachment and Depression in College Students: A Moderated Polynomial Regression With Response Surface Analyses.PsyCh journal · 2025Article
- Mediating role of depression and gender in the relationship between daily video games exposure and internet gaming disorder (IGD) among college students.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Physical exercise and depression in university students with psychological resilience as mediator and family support as moderator.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
The high prevalence of depression among college students has a strong negative impact on individual physical and mental health, academic development, and interpersonal communication. This paper reviewed the extant literature by identifying nonpathological factors related to college students' depression, investigating the methods of predicting depression, and exploring nonpharmaceutical interventions for college students' depression. The influencing factors of college students' depression mainly fell into four categories: biological factors, personality and psychological state, college experience, and lifestyle. The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 has exacerbated the severity of depression among college students worldwide and poses grave challenges to the prevention and treatment of depression, given that the coronavirus has spread quickly with high infection rates, and the pandemic has changed the daily routines of college life. To predict and measure mental health, more advanced methods, such as machine algorithms and artificial intelligence, have emerged in recent years apart from the traditional commonly used psychological scales. Regarding nonpharmaceutical prevention measures, both general measures and professional measures for the prevention and treatment of college students' depression were examined in this study. Students who experience depressive disorders need family support and personalized interventions at college, which should also be supplemented by professional interventions such as cognitive behavioral therapy and online therapy. Through this literature review, we insist that the technology of identification, prediction, and prevention of depression among college students based on big data platforms will be extensively used in the future. Higher education institutions should understand the potential risk factors related to college students' depression and make more accurate screening and prevention available with the help of advanced technologies.
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