Student Mental Health During Covid-19 Pandemic, 2020

UK undergraduates completed the 21 item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) in the autumn of 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017. Overall, we had 763 participants. We compared depression, anxiety and stress subscale scores as well as scores on each question of the DASS-21 across the four years.<p>Asian and European studies suggest that the Covid-19 pandemic is worsening university student mental health. We aimed to investigate whether this was also the case in the UK.</p>

英国本科生分别于2017、2018、2019及2020年秋季完成了21项抑郁焦虑压力量表（Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, DASS-21）的作答。本研究共纳入763名被试，我们对四年间的抑郁、焦虑与压力分量表得分以及DASS-21各条目得分进行了对比分析。
已有欧亚地区的研究表明，新冠疫情（COVID-19 pandemic）正加剧大学生的心理健康问题。本研究旨在探究英国是否也存在这一现象。