ERIC Number: EJ1452187
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
Mental Health of Undergraduates One Year after the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from the National College Health Assessment III
Joshua H. Park; Khanh Bui
Journal of American College Health, v72 n9 p3143-3146 2024
Objective: To compare the mental health of undergraduates before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown to their mental health one year later. Participants: Data from the American College Health Association (ACHA)'s National College Health Assessment III (ACHA-NCHAIII) were used, averaging a sample size of 54,844 undergraduate students and 106 schools nationwide per time point of assessment in the study. Methods: Secondary analyses of the ACHA-NCHAIII compared undergraduates' scores on five measures of mental health measures (loneliness, psychological distress, suicidality, flourishing, and resilience) from Spring 2020 to Spring 2021. Results: Undergraduates' responses showed an increase in loneliness, psychological distress, and suicidality as well as a decrease in flourishing and resilience. Conclusions: The worsening of undergraduates' mental health calls for greater action by schools to alleviate students' distress and improve their wellbeing.
Descriptors: Mental Health, Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Time, Differences, Psychological Patterns, Stress Variables, Suicide, Well Being, Resilience (Psychology), Affective Measures
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: UCLA Loneliness Scale
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