COVID-19 Impact on Kazakhstan University Student Fear, Mental Health, and Substance Use

Based on earlier COVID-19 research of university students in Russia and Belorussia, we hypothesize COVID-19 fear, mental health, and substance use among Kazakh university students are linked to gender and religious status. Specifically, we believe gender predicts fear level, mental health problems,...

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Published in:International journal of mental health and addiction 2022-04, Vol.20 (2), p.888-894
Main Authors: Konstantinov, Vsevolod, Berdenova, Saule, Satkangulova, Gulnara, Reznik, Alexander, Isralowitz, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brief Report
Community and Environmental Psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease prevention
Drug use
Education
Fatalities
Females
Gender
Health Psychology
Males
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental health
Pandemics
Polls & surveys
Population
Prescription drugs
Psychiatry
Psychology
Public Health
Rehabilitation
Religion
Russian language
Secularism
University students
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Summary:Based on earlier COVID-19 research of university students in Russia and Belorussia, we hypothesize COVID-19 fear, mental health, and substance use among Kazakh university students are linked to gender and religious status. Specifically, we believe gender predicts fear level, mental health problems, and substance use; and religiosity is not a protective factor among university students in terms of COVID-19-related mental health conditions. Student demographic characteristics Male (n = 154) Female (n = 312) Total (n = 466) Age, mean (SD) 18.9 (1.7) 19.1 (3.1) 19.0 (2.7) Median 18.0 19.0 19.0 Range 17–29 17–44 17–44 Religious, % (n) Not religious 37.5 (57) 29.1 (90) 31.9 (147) Religious 62.5 (95) 70.9 (219) 68.1 (314) Checked for COVID-19, % (n) 11.1 (17) 13.8 (43) 12.9 (60) There were COVID-19 symptoms, % (n) 13.1 (20) 12.5 (39) 12.7 (59) Someone close to had COVID-19, % (n) 18.3 (28) 15.7 (49) 16.6 (77) Change of fear of the COVID-19 in recent months, % (n) * * Decreased 36.2 (54) 44.7 (136) 41.9 (190) Increased 2.7 (4) 6.6 (20) 5.3 (24) No change 61.1 (91) 48.7 (148) 52.8 (239) *p 
ISSN:1557-1874
1557-1882
DOI:10.1007/s11469-020-00412-y