ArticleWorld journal of psychiatry2025
Posttraumatic stress symptoms among Chinese university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: Prevalence, correlates, and mental health help-seeking.
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- Facilitators of professional psychological help-seeking among university students: a narrative review from an individual-environment dual-dimensional perspective.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Recognising occupational PTSD as a statutory occupational disease: a step forward for emergency responders' mental health in China.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2025Article
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- Isolation, social support, and COVID-19-burnout among college students in a university in eastern China.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Emotion regulation strategies and mental wellbeing among Chinese college students during COVID-19: the moderating roles of confinement and attentional bias.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundRevisiting the epidemiology of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSSs) among university students during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as well as understanding the mental health help-seeking behavior of individuals with PTSSs has critical implications for public mental health strategies in future medical pandemics.
aimTo investigate the prevalence and correlates of PTSSs among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China and to examine mental health help-seeking behaviors among these students.
methodsA total of 2507 Chinese university students were recruited
resultsThe prevalence of PTSSs among the participants was 28.0%. Seven significant correlates of PTSSs were identified (odds ratio = 1.23-3.65,
conclusionOur data suggest that there was a high risk of PTSSs among university students and a high level of unmet mental health needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The delivery of mental health services online or
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