scholarly journals Women in the Covid-19 Pandemic: the Psychosocial State of Female Students in Poland.

2021 ◽  
Vol XII (3 (36)) ◽  
pp. 101-131
Author(s):  
Izabela Kochan ◽  
Anna Walczak ◽  
Joanna Lewczuk
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Difficult Times

The global pandemic-induced crisis has caused the differences that exist between the sexes in many areas of life to become more extreme. Apart from its influence on mental health, the necessity to adjust to the obligation of social distancing has also influenced the possibilities of students’ development as regards relationships. It has also limited their ability to earn money, which directly affects one’s economic status and other related areas such as the availability of healthcare, etc. This study, which aims to present the psychosocial state of women who have been studying in Poland during the pandemic, shows that it is women, more than men, who have experienced the changes caused by the pandemic, both in the context of how they function and their fears. Life satisfaction amongst female students depends largely on their economic and material independence, and any hardships experienced influence, more often than in the case of men, the emotions that are dominant in women. The results of the study clearly show that in the long run establishing a network of psychological support for women will be necessary as a response to their psychosocial health, which has worsened during the pandemic. Additionally, educated people who, in these difficult times, have not had the possibility to earn money or have had to accept jobs below their competencies (which may also significantly affect their life satisfaction), will be in need of support.

scholarly journals Mental Health of College Students and Its Relation to Life Satisfaction and Social Media Abuse

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-218
Author(s):  
Muhammad Defrianto ◽  
Alfiasari Alfiasari
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
College Students ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Student Life ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Convenience Sampling

Adolescents are known for their critical development period due to problems they often face in their daily lives. The problem occurs as a result of adolescent developmental tasks that have not been appropriately fulfilled. One of the problems of adolescents is social media abuse. This study analyzes college students' mental health and their relation to life satisfaction and social media abuse. This research is a quantitative approach that involved 302 college students from the Vocational School of IPB University as respondents. The sampling technique used convenience sampling considering the data is taken online and distributed to as many population members as possible. With this technique, respondents are assumed to be willing to fill out the questionnaire because they feel more comfortable and safer. The results prove that male students in this study more often abuse social media than female students. College student life satisfaction in this study is not related and does not influence mental health and social media abuse. Mental health is proven to be related and influenced by abuse behavior, where an increase in mental health will decrease the tendency of social media abuse on college students.

scholarly journals Multiple Intelligences and Attachment among University Students and Their Influence on Life Satisfaction and Happiness

2018 ◽  
pp. 82-90
Author(s):  
Serpil Aytac ◽  
Nazan Bilgel
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
University Students ◽  
Multiple Intelligences ◽  
Attachment Style ◽  
Attachment Styles ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Satisfaction With Life Scale ◽  
The Impact

This study is about the types of multiple intelligences and attachment styles among a group of Turkish university students. Participants were 450 students from one public university in Turkey. A demographic and socio-economic questionnaire, Multiple Intelligence Survey, Revised Adult Attachment Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale and The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire -short version were used as study instruments. Of the 450 students, 63.8% were female and the mean age was 21.24±2.14 years. Bodily intelligence was reported more frequently by male students whereas intrapersonal and logical intelligences were reported at higher rates in female students. Attachment related avoidance was reported by 58.7% of the students. Male students reported more attachment related anxiety, and female students reported more attachment related avoidance. No significant correlations were determined between attachment style and economic status, age, class-year and Grade Point Average of the students. The relationship between students’ intelligence and attachment style was also insignificant. No significant relationship was determined between the happiness and life satisfaction scores of students with different types of intelligences. Female students were found to be significantly happier and satisfied with their lives than male students. Students with a poor economic status had the lowest happiness and life satisfaction scores and the difference was statistically significant. These findings are important to provide a more complete picture about the difficulties experienced by young adults when socially or emotionally adapting to university life. There is much to say regarding the impact of “multiple intelligences”, “attachment styles” and the “subjective well-being” of university students.

scholarly journals Long-Run Effects of Lottery Wealth on Psychological Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (6) ◽  
pp. 2703-2726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Lindqvist ◽  
Robert Östling ◽  
David Cesarini
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Important Mediator ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Overall Life Satisfaction

Abstract We surveyed a large sample of Swedish lottery players about their psychological well-being 5–22 years after a major lottery event and analysed the data following pre-registered procedures. Relative to matched controls, large-prize winners experience sustained increases in overall life satisfaction that persist for over a decade and show no evidence of dissipating over time. The estimated treatment effects on happiness and mental health are significantly smaller. Follow-up analyses of domain-specific aspects of life satisfaction implicate financial life satisfaction as an important mediator for the long-run increase in overall life satisfaction.

scholarly journals Psychological Distress and Anxiety Levels Among Health Care Workers at the Height of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United Arab Emirates

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Basema Saddik ◽  
Iffat Elbarazi ◽  
Mohamad-Hani Temsah ◽  
Fatemeh Saheb Sharif-Askari ◽  
Waad Kheder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
High Level

Objectives: Providing medical care during a global pandemic exposes healthcare workers (HCW) to a high level of risk, causing anxiety and stress. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of anxiety and psychological distress among HCWs during COVID-19.Methods: We invited HCWs from 3 hospitals across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to participate in an anonymous online survey between April 19–May 3, 2020. The GAD-7 and K10 measures were used to assess anxiety and psychological distress. Logistic regression models assessed associations between knowledge, attitude, worry, and levels of anxiety and psychological distress.Results: A total of 481 HCWs participated in this study. The majority of HCWs were female (73.6%) and aged 25–34 years (52.6%). More than half were nurses (55.7%) and had good knowledge of COVID-19 (86.3%). Over a third (37%) of HCWs reported moderate/severe psychological distress in the K10 measure and moderate/severe anxiety (32.3%) in the GAD-7, with frontline workers significantly reporting higher levels of anxiety (36%). Knowledge of COVID-19 did not predict anxiety and psychological distress, however, HCWs who believed COVID-19 was difficult to treat and those who perceived they were at high risk of infection had worse mental health outcomes. Worry about spreading COVID-19 to family, being isolated, contracting COVID-19 and feeling stigmatized had 1.8- to 2.5-fold increased odds of symptoms of mental health problems. Additionally, HCWs who felt the need for psychological support through their workplace showed increased odds of psychological distress.Conclusion: HCWs in the UAE reported a high prevalence of psychological distress and anxiety while responding to the challenges of COVID-19. The findings from this study emphasize the public, emotional and mental health burden of COVID-19 and highlight the importance for health systems to implement, monitor, and update preventive policies to protect HCWs from contracting the virus while also providing psychological support in the workplace.

scholarly journals Gender Based Differences: An Overview of Mental Health

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Suhina Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Status Data

The study was aimed to investigation the effect of mental health on male and female students. Mental Health Inventory was administered on 50 early adolescents (25 male and 25 female) from different schools of Ranchi. These two groups were further divided according to their socio-economic status. Data was analyzed using mean, standard deviation and‘t’ value. The findings revealed that there was significant difference between male and female students on their mental health level. Male students are more mentally healthy than female students (‘t’=7.48., P<.01). Result further revealed that socio-economic status has no significant effect on mental health.

Effects of Goal-Striving Stress on the Mental Health of Black Americans

2008 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherrill L. Sellers ◽  
Harold W. Neighbors
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Goal Striving ◽  
Poverty Status ◽  
The Relationship

Although many scholars have theorized about how responding to the stress of blocked opportunities can affect the well-being of black Americans, few scholars have empirically examined the relationships between striving efforts, personal goals, and mental health among black Americans. This investigation examines the relationship between goal-striving stress and mental health in a national sample of black Americans. Results indicate that goal-striving stress is significantly related to lower levels of happiness, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and higher levels of psychological distress. We find that poverty status moderates the relationship between goal-striving stress and mental health. Compared to poorer persons, individuals above poverty with high goal-striving stress have significantly lower levels of happiness and life satisfaction. Overall, the findings provide a more complete context for understanding associations among socio-economic status, goal-striving stress, and adverse mental health outcomes among black Americans.

Psychological interventions and the Covid-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Inchausti ◽  
Angus MacBeth ◽  
Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon ◽  
Giancarlo Dimaggio
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Health Distress ◽  
Salient Points ◽  
Mental Health Distress

The coronavirus COVID-19 and the global pandemic has already had a substantial disruptive impact on society, posing major challenges to the provision of mental health services in a time of crisis, and carrying the spectre of an increased burden to mental health, both in terms of existing psychiatric disorder, and emerging psychological distress from the pandemic. In this paper we provide a framework for understanding the key challenges for psychologically informed mental health care during and beyond the pandemic. We identify three groups that can benefit from psychological approaches to mental health, and/or interventions relating to COVID-19. These are i) healthcare workers engaged in frontline response to the pandemic and their patients; ii) individuals who will experience the emergence of new mental health distress as a function of being diagnosed with COVID-19, or losing family and loved ones to the illness, or the psychological effects of prolonged social distancing; and iii) individuals with existing mental health conditions who are either diagnosed with COVID-19 or whose experience of social distancing exacerbates existing vulnerabilities. Drawing on existing literature and our own experience of adapting treatments to the crisis we suggest a number of salient points to consider in identifying risks and offering support to all three groups. We also offer a number of practical and technical considerations for working psychotherapeutically with existing patients where COVID-19 restrictions have forced a move to online or technologically mediated delivery of psychological interventions.

scholarly journals Impact of Online Classes on the Mental Health of School Students during COVID-19 in Chennai

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Snigdha Bharadwaz ◽  
Preetha S. ◽  
G. Sridevi ◽  
Lavanya Prathap
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
The Impact

Background: The pandemic Covid-19 has affected the whole world drastically. Social distancing measures were implemented by all the countries. In order to practice social distancing, most governments had temporarily closed all the educational institutions. Traditional face to face learning was switched to online learning not to compromise on a student’s academic progress. The aim of this study is to observe the impact of online classes on the mental health of school students during covid-19 in Chennai. Materials and Methods: A survey was conducted which was cross sectional. A self administered questionnaire was distributed among school students using an online platform google forms and 120 students participated in the survey. Data was collected and analysed by using SPSS software. Pearson Chi square was done to correlate the gender and mental illness of the participants. Results: 43.33% felt that online classes were stressful. 54.17% of the participants were satisfied with this mode of learning. Female students were more stressed than male students which were not significant. Nearly 45% of female students were not satisfied with this mode of learning which was not significant. It was found that female students were more depressed than male students. However, statistically it is not significant (p = 0.06). Conclusion: Based on this study, about 49.16% of the participants were impacted mentally and are stressed because of online learning and it has also affected their academic performance during this pandemic situation. This study may help them to know stress levels and be aware to take steps to overcome the stress and increase their academic performance.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 202-211
Author(s):  
Donart Koci ◽  
Festina Morina ◽  
Fatlinda Hoxhaj ◽  
Antigona Ukëhaxhaj
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Financial Strain ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City

Infection with the new coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads easily among humans and more continues to be detected over time as to how it spreads. The effect that this crisis will have on the mental health of the population, both in the short and long term, is unknown. In the acute phase, fears of possible exposure to infection, loss of employment, and financial strain are likely to increase psychological distress in the wider population. In the long run, grief and trauma are likely to appear as financial and social impacts become ingrained, the risk of depression and suicide may increase. Lack of hugs, handshakes, free movement and isolation have made it impossible for people to socialize and behave normally with each other. Anxiety, fear, insecurity and lack of self-confidence are some of the main problems that people faced during quarantine and that they may face after the release of the measures. The purpose of this paper is to prove how much the Pandemic and the situation with COVID-19 have affected the mental health of the population in the city of Prizren and Gjakova. Quantitative study method was used for the realization of this work. This paper is based on the data extracted from the questionnaire completed together with the citizens of the municipalities of Prizren and Gjakova. For the realization of this scientific research are involved 200 citizens. Age groups, gender, economic status, level of education and place of residence were analyzed. The study included people aged 20 to 50 years. The most included gender in the study is the female with 59% while the male gender with 41%. All results are presented in graphs worked with SPSS program.

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