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The Role of Sense of Coherence during the COVID-19 Crisis: Does It Exercise a Moderating or a Mediating Effect on University Students' Wellbeing?
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Kulcar, Vanessa; Kreh, Alexander; Juen, Barbara; Siller, Heidi – SAGE Open, 2023
The COVID-19 crisis caused extensive mental health strains. Sense of coherence (SOC) is considered a protective factor for mental health in crisis that might also be decisive during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the mechanisms are not yet well understood. Using longitudinal survey data of 117 Austrian university students collected in 2020, we tested…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, COVID-19, Well Being
Socially and Educationally Distanced: Examining the Views of University Students
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Cumhur Güngör – SAGE Open, 2023
Although for many students' stress is a natural part of university life, new stress sources have come into the picture with the pandemic. A "phenomenological" method, one of the qualitative analysis methods, was used in this study, which seeks to reveal the effects of various aspects of the pandemic on the life of university students.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Distance, Personal Space, COVID-19
Digital Overload, Coping Mechanisms, and Student Engagement: An Empirical Investigation Based on the S-O-R Framework
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Wondwesen Tafesse; Mary Precy Aguilar; Sabaa Sayed; Urwa Tariq – SAGE Open, 2024
As avid users, university students find themselves immersed in the deluge of content being created and shared on digital platforms, which makes digital overload a significant concern. The present study examines the effects of digital overload on university students' psychological well-being and how the use of coping mechanisms might help to…
Descriptors: Coping, Learner Engagement, Technology, Stress Variables
Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Digital Stress Scale in a Chinese College Sample
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Chunlei Gao; Mingqing Jian; Ailin Yuan – SAGE Open, 2024
The Digital Stress Scale (DSS) is used to measure digital stress, which is the perceived stress and anxiety associated with social media use. In this study, the Chinese version of the DSS was validated using a sample of 721 Chinese college students, 321 males and 400 females (KMO = 0.923; Bartlett = 5,058.492, p < 0.001). Confirmatory factor…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics, Anxiety
Kessler Psychological Distress (K6) Questionnaire Scores Can Predict Autistic Traits and the Current and Prospective Suicidal Ideation in Medical University Students: A Prospective Study
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Naito, Yumi; Enomoto, Noriyuki; Kameno, Yosuke; Yamasue, Hidenori; Suda, Takafumi; Hotta, Yoshihiro – SAGE Open, 2021
Mental distress is highly prevalent in university students, and autistic traits can hinder academic education. The substantial lifestyle changes experienced by new university students can induce mood and anxiety dysfunctions and subsequent suicide-related behaviors. The aims of this study were to evaluate the detectability of suicidal ideation…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Predictor Variables, Questionnaires
Trajectories of Self-Esteem Development for Adolescence Based on China Family Panel Studies: A Piecewise Growth Mixture Model Analysis
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Huang, Jiaqin; Xie, Xin; Pan, Yuxi; Li, Guangming; Zhang, Fadi; Cui, Ningjing – SAGE Open, 2022
Self-esteem has always been a hot research object in the field of adolescent mental health. But in longitudinal research, using a single slope to describe the trajectory of adolescent self-esteem is unrealistic. The piecewise growth mixture model (PGMM) was used to fit the data in this study. Selecting from China Family Panel Studies database, a…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Developmental Stages, Longitudinal Studies, Mental Health