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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Mental Health of Students at Polish Universities after Two Years of the Outbreak of COVID-19.

Monika Talarowska, Kinga Rucka, Mateusz Kowalczyk, Jan Chodkiewicz, Edward Kowalczyk, Michał Seweryn Karbownik, Monika Sienkiewicz

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Monika TalarowskaDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology, Institute of Psychology, University of Lodz, al. Rodziny Scheiblerów 2, 90-128 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3451-1250
Kinga RuckaDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology, Institute of Psychology, University of Lodz, al. Rodziny Scheiblerów 2, 90-128 Lodz, Poland.
Mateusz KowalczykBabinski Memorial Hospital, ul. Aleksandrowska 159, 91-229 Lodz, Poland.
Jan ChodkiewiczDepartment of Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology, Institute of Psychology, University of Lodz, al. Rodziny Scheiblerów 2, 90-128 Lodz, Poland.
Edward KowalczykDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Żeligowskiego 7/9, 90-752 Lodz, Poland.
Michał Seweryn KarbownikDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Żeligowskiego 7/9, 90-752 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4416-2736
Monika SienkiewiczDepartment of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Microbiological Diagnostic, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9823-4176
Medical University of Lodz · PLUniversity of Łódź · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMental health deterioration in young adults in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic is being increasingly studied. It is clear that the psychological consequences of the pandemic will be evident for many years, especially among the younger generation, who did not have time to acquire adaptive coping strategies before the outbreak of COVID-19. The purpose of this study was to assess the condition of the mental health of students at Polish universities after two years of the pandemic. The types of coping strategies used by the respondents to deal with stress were also evaluated in order to establish which of them could have a beneficial effect on the psyche of young people.

methodsThis study included 721 participants (age [years]: M = 25.7, SD = 5.3; 269 (37.2%) males) recruited using snowball sampling from students at two universities in Lodz, Poland, and full-time doctoral students from across Poland (phase I of the study was conducted in March 2019 (

resultsThe results detailing the condition of the mental health of the subjects, as measured using GHQ-28, were significantly worse in the group surveyed after two years of the pandemic than the results of the survey conducted in March 2019 (adjusted odds ratio for GHQ-28 ≥ 5: 3.66, 95%CI 2.12-6.30,

conclusions1. Of the students surveyed, 33% reported elevated stress levels after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. 2. The overall mental health of students at Polish universities, as measured by GHQ-28, was significantly worse in the group evaluated after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly in respect of anxiety symptoms and sleep disorders. 3. Female gender and professional inactivity appeared to be risk factors for the students' worsening mental health, which may be an indication of the need for further research and planning of psychotherapeutic interventions.

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COVID-19Sleep Wake DisordersAdolescentChildDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMental HealthPandemicsPolandStudentsUniversitiesYoung AdultCOVID-19GHQ-28Mini-COPEPSS-10studentsyoung adults

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