ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2025
Braving the dark: mental health challenges and academic performance of Ukrainian university students during the war.
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- Mental well-being and depression among university students in Palestine under the war.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Mental health of palestinian undergraduates during the War on Gaza: a cross-sectional study on PTSD, CPTSD, and psychological distress.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A hybrid AHP-TOPSIS decision-support framework for evaluating mental health support alternatives in higher education.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Sleep quality among university students in Lebanon during war conflicts: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Mental health and well-being among Ukrainian female university students: The impact of war over 3 years.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeThe paper aims to investigate the association of mental health problems with academic performance of university students using data from a cross-sectional survey of Ukrainian university students during the war. The prevalence of mental health problems among students with their subsequent division into different severity groups is investigated.
methodsThe study combines a cross-sectional survey method to collect data and a regression analysis technique to identify mental health problems that negatively associated with students' academic performance during the war. The survey questionnaire includes a demographic section, mental health screening tools, as well as Work Productivity and Activity Impairment: Special Health Problems (WPAI: SHP) section, adapted for the purpose of the study. The data sample includes responses from 1398 university students from different regions of Ukraine.
resultsAccording to survey data 85.8% of all respondents had depression symptoms, 66.1%- anxiety symptoms, 56.9%-sleep problems, and 48.1%- PTSD symptoms. Results of regression modeling confirms the devastating effect of mental health problems on academic performance of university students during the war, in particular, a severe depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and sleep problems are associated with 17.4%, 12.2% and 11.0% decrease in academic performance of university students, respectively.
conclusionThe prevalence of mental health problems and related academic performance impairment among students during wartime become a challenge for the successful recovery of Ukrainian society and therefore require a quick response at both the institutional and public policy levels.
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