A Cross-Sectional Survey of National Chinese College Students’ Mental Status during COVID-19 Pandemic: Using a Compiled Stress Response Questionnaire

Ying Guo, Hongyu Zhang (), Yufei Xie, Xin Tian, Na Luo and Yan Zhang ()
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Ying Guo: School of Psychology, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China
Hongyu Zhang: The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, 1151 S. Forest Ave., Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Yufei Xie: Department of Orthodontics, Shanghai Xuhui District Dental Disease Prevention and Control Institute, Shanghai 200001, China
Xin Tian: School of Psychology, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610066, China
Na Luo: School of Educational Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Luoyu Road No. 1037, Hongshan, Wuhan 430074, China
Yan Zhang: School of Educational Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Luoyu Road No. 1037, Hongshan, Wuhan 430074, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-13

Abstract: As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, local governments in China adopted severe lockdown measures to control the pandemic. People were restricted from traveling for leisure, business, education, and medical treatment. Changes were observed in people’s psychological states as a result of COVID-19. This study aimed to construct a Stress Response Questionnaire based on the stress response theory for use with college students, to access their authentic mental health conditions and provide psychological intervention suggestions and countermeasures for the emergency plan formulated by the education department. The questionnaire was used to collect responses from a sample of 16,353 college students from 34 provinces in China. The results showed that anxiety levels varied by sex, current location, and pandemic region, each of which predicted different levels of emotional disturbance. Thus, we highly recommend that the Chinese college administration implement appropriate intervention programs and procedures to help college students maintain their mental health.

Keywords: college students; mental health; psychological stress; COVID-19; pandemic situation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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