Association of Covid-19 pandemic-related stress and depressive symptoms among international medical students

The outbreak of Covid-19 had negative impacts on the mental stress and induced psychological distress among university students worldwide. This study proposed a moderated mediation model, and hypothesized that the Covid-19 pandemic-related stress was positively related to depressive symptoms among i...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:BMC psychiatry 2022-01, Vol.22 (1), p.20-20, Article 20
Main Authors: Lu, Lu, Wang, Xiaobin, Wang, Xuehang, Guo, Xiaoxi, Pan, Bochen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
China
College students
Colleges & universities
Coping
Coping style
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographic aspects
Depression - epidemiology
Depression, Mental
Depressive symptoms
Diagnosis
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Foreign students
Health aspects
Humans
Hypotheses
Life change events
Medical students
Mental depression
Mental health
Occupational stress
Pandemics
Perceived social support
Psychiatry
Psychological aspects
Questionnaires
Risk factors
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Social aspects
Social interactions
Social support
Stress
Stress (Psychology)
Students, Foreign
Students, Medical
University students
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The outbreak of Covid-19 had negative impacts on the mental stress and induced psychological distress among university students worldwide. This study proposed a moderated mediation model, and hypothesized that the Covid-19 pandemic-related stress was positively related to depressive symptoms among international medical students. An online survey on stress and depressive symptoms of international students was conducted in a medical university. Questions on Covid-19 pandemic-related stress, Patient Health Quesionnaire-9, Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire and the Perceived Social Support Scale were used as measurements, and model analyses were conducted using Hayes' PROCESS macro for SPSS. It was found that 9.83%, 3.08% and 2.12% students had mild, moderate and severe depressive symptoms, respectively, and the positive association between Covid-19 pandemic-related stress and depressive symptoms was significant (β = 0.27, t = 6.87, P 
ISSN:1471-244X
1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-021-03671-8