Gutenberg Open Science: The impact of lockdown stress and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among university students in Germany

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dc.contributor.author	Werner, Antonia Maria	-
dc.contributor.author	Tibubos, Ana Nanette	-
dc.contributor.author	Mülder, Lina Marie	-
dc.contributor.author	Reichel, Jennifer L.	-
dc.contributor.author	Schäfer, Markus	-
dc.contributor.author	Heller, Sebastian	-
dc.contributor.author	Pfirrmann, Daniel	-
dc.contributor.author	Edelmann, Dennis	-
dc.contributor.author	Dietz, Pavel	-
dc.contributor.author	Rigotti, Thomas	-
dc.contributor.author	Beutel, Manfred E.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-09T09:21:48Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-08-09T09:21:48Z	-
dc.date.issued	2021	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/7554	-
dc.description.abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic led to a shutdown of universities in Germany. In a longitudinal design, we compared mental health (depression, anxiety, somatic complaints) of university students in Germany before (June to August 2019) and in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic (June 2020) and determined the impact of pandemic-related stress and loneliness on students’ mental health in self-report online surveys. We investigated 443 participants (mean age 22.8 years), among them 77% female, and 10.4% medical students. A small increase of depression mean scores was observed (F(1,420) = 5.21; p = .023), anxiety and somatic complaints have not significantly changed. There was a medium increase in loneliness from pre-pandemic scores to the pandemic situation (F(1,423) = 30.56; p < .001). Analyzed with regression analyses, current loneliness and pre-pandemic distress represented the strongest associations with mental health during the pandemic. Additionally, health-related concerns during the pandemic were associated with symptoms of depression [b = 0.21; 95%CI(0.08; 0.34); t = 3.12; p = .002], anxiety [b = 0.07; 95%CI(0.01; 0.12); t = 2.50; p = .013], somatic complaints [b = 0.33; 95%CI(0.18; 0.47); t = 4.49; p < .001], and loneliness [b = 0.10; 95%CI(0.03; 0.17); t = 2.74; p = .006]. Social stress due to the pandemic situation was associated with loneliness [b = 0.38; 95%CI(0.32; 0.45); t = 11.75; p < .001]. The results imply that university students represent a risk group for psychosocial long-term ramifications of the pandemic.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychologie	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	150 Psychology	en_GB
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medizin	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medical sciences	en_GB
dc.title	The impact of lockdown stress and loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health among university students in Germany	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-7540	-
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 04 Medizin	de
jgu.organisation.number	7910	-
jgu.organisation.number	2700	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	Scientific reports	de
jgu.journal.volume	11	de
jgu.pages.alternative	22637	de
jgu.publisher.year	2021	-
jgu.publisher.name	Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature	de
jgu.publisher.place	London	de
jgu.publisher.issn	2045-2322	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	150	de
jgu.subject.ddccode	610	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1038/s41598-021-02024-5	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
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