ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
Chinese college students' mental health during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic: the protective role of family functioning.
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- The Relationship Between Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, and Psychological Crisis in College Students: A Longitudinal Network Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Negative emotional symptoms and e-Health literacy among Chinese college students: a latent profile analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Family functioning and anxiety in children: a narrative review.Translational pediatrics · 2025Review
- Understanding Family Functioning as a Protective Factor for Adolescents' Mental Health from the Parental Perspective: Photovoice in Rural Communities of Ecuador.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Reducing the impact of peer victimization on adolescent insomnia: Which is more important, peers or family support?Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- University student wellbeing during COVID-19: associations with infection prevalence and social gathering restrictions in an observational study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The impact of mental toughness on subjective well-being among Chinese college students in the post-COVID-19 era.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Prevalence and family function associated with suicide-related behaviors in vocational college population of southern China: the mediating role of depression.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Various psychological theories suggest that a supportive family environment protects the mental health of young adults during stressful life events. However, evidence is limited regarding the protective role of family support during a major public health crisis. Objective: To examine the role of family functioning on mental health among Chinese college students during first stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Between January-March 2020, 1,555 college students (44% female, on average 19 years old) from five Chinese universities participated. Participants rated their family functioning on the Family APGAR Index and their mental health on the Psychological Questionnaires for Emergent Events of Public Health, measuring depression, neurasthenia, fear, obsessive-anxiety and hypochondriasis. Results: Better family functioning was associated with having fewer psychological symptoms. In addition, we identified three mental health profiles related to the severity across the psychological symptoms: Low-level, medium-level and high-level symptom clusters. Latent profile analysis showed that as family function improved, students were, respectively, 16 to 24% more likely to be in the low-level symptom group, compared to being in the medium symptom group or the high-level symptom group. Conclusion: These results support the notion that family support may act as a psychological buffer for young adults during a large-scale public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.
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