The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Mental Health

To understand the mental health status of Chinese postgraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic, we used three online questionnaires: self-rating anxiety (SAS) scale, self-rating depression (SDS) scale, and social avoidance and distress (SAD) scale. A total of 3137 postgraduate students from di...

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Autores principales:	Zhengyan Liang, Derong Kang, Minqiang Zhang, Yuanlin Xia, Qing Zeng
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 postgraduate student mental health anxiety depression social anxiety Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2f61522c638b49f4ba1e8cad1780d3d82021-11-11T16:39:29ZThe Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Mental Health10.3390/ijerph1821115421660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/2f61522c638b49f4ba1e8cad1780d3d82021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11542https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601To understand the mental health status of Chinese postgraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic, we used three online questionnaires: self-rating anxiety (SAS) scale, self-rating depression (SDS) scale, and social avoidance and distress (SAD) scale. A total of 3137 postgraduate students from different regions of China participated in our study. We explored the relationship between participant characteristics and mental health using an analysis of variance (ANOVA). We found that the proportions of respondents with severe, mild, and moderate depression were 1.4%, 10.48%, and 21.99%, respectively, and the corresponding proportions of respondents with anxiety were 1.56%, 4.65%, and 14.69%, respectively. A one-way ANOVA revealed that the mental health statuses of the participants were different between the subgroups based on majors, classes, degree types, and the method of communication with advisors and students. A two-way ANOVA revealed significant effects on interaction and the method of communication with advisors and peers. These findings suggest that the mental health of postgraduate students should be monitored during the pandemic, especially when they are unable to communicate directly with their advisors or peers, and targeted psychological counselling must be focused on anxiety and depression.Zhengyan LiangDerong KangMinqiang ZhangYuanlin XiaQing ZengMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19postgraduate studentmental healthanxietydepressionsocial anxietyMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11542, p 11542 (2021)
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description	To understand the mental health status of Chinese postgraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic, we used three online questionnaires: self-rating anxiety (SAS) scale, self-rating depression (SDS) scale, and social avoidance and distress (SAD) scale. A total of 3137 postgraduate students from different regions of China participated in our study. We explored the relationship between participant characteristics and mental health using an analysis of variance (ANOVA). We found that the proportions of respondents with severe, mild, and moderate depression were 1.4%, 10.48%, and 21.99%, respectively, and the corresponding proportions of respondents with anxiety were 1.56%, 4.65%, and 14.69%, respectively. A one-way ANOVA revealed that the mental health statuses of the participants were different between the subgroups based on majors, classes, degree types, and the method of communication with advisors and students. A two-way ANOVA revealed significant effects on interaction and the method of communication with advisors and peers. These findings suggest that the mental health of postgraduate students should be monitored during the pandemic, especially when they are unable to communicate directly with their advisors or peers, and targeted psychological counselling must be focused on anxiety and depression.
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title	The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Mental Health
title_short	The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Mental Health
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chinese Postgraduate Students’ Mental Health

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