Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine

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López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia; Leyes, Candela Abigail; Dutto Florio, María Agustina; Fong, Shao Bing; López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia; Godoy, Juan Carlos
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2021
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Background: We aimed to: (1) analyze differences in both general (in terms of psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, and psychological distress) and specific (depression, trait-anxiety, negative alcohol-related consequences, and suicidal risk) mental health state (MHS) in college students, residing in four different Argentinean regions (center, north, south, and the most populated) exposed to different spread-rates of the COVID-19; (2) analyze between-group differences in both general and specific MHS indicators at four quarantine sub-periods (twice prior, and twice following the first quarantine extension). Methods: We used a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample including 2,687 college students. Data was collected online during the Argentinean quarantine. We calculated one-way between-groups ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc test. Results: Regionally, the center and the most populated area differed in psychological well-being/discomfort and negative alcohol-related consequences, but not in the remaining MHS indicators. According to the quarantine sub-periods, there were differences in psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, psychological distress, and negative alcohol-related consequences. Negative alcohol-related consequences were the only MHS indicator improving over time. For all of the remaining MHS indicators, we found a similar deterioration pattern in the course of time, with mean scores decreasing from the first to the 2nd week of the quarantine pre-extensions, then increasing toward the 1st week of the quarantine post-extension (with some MHS indicators reaching mean scores worse than the start), and then continued to increase. Conclusion: A worsened mean MHS during quarantine suggests that quarantine and its extensions contribute to negative mental health impacts.
Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI; Argentina
Fil: Leyes, Candela Abigail. Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI; Argentina
Fil: Dutto Florio, María Agustina. Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI; Argentina
Fil: Fong, Shao Bing. University of Melbourne; Australia
Fil: López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; Argentina
Fil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina
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ANXIETY
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE
COVID-19
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
QUARANTINE
SOCIAL ISOLATION
COVID-19
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spelling Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantineLópez Steinmetz, Lorena CeciliaLeyes, Candela AbigailDutto Florio, María AgustinaFong, Shao BingLópez Steinmetz, Romina LucreciaGodoy, Juan CarlosANXIETYCORONAVIRUS DISEASECOVID-19DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMSLEARNED HELPLESSNESSQUARANTINESOCIAL ISOLATIONCOVID-19https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3Background: We aimed to: (1) analyze differences in both general (in terms of psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, and psychological distress) and specific (depression, trait-anxiety, negative alcohol-related consequences, and suicidal risk) mental health state (MHS) in college students, residing in four different Argentinean regions (center, north, south, and the most populated) exposed to different spread-rates of the COVID-19; (2) analyze between-group differences in both general and specific MHS indicators at four quarantine sub-periods (twice prior, and twice following the first quarantine extension). Methods: We used a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample including 2,687 college students. Data was collected online during the Argentinean quarantine. We calculated one-way between-groups ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc test. Results: Regionally, the center and the most populated area differed in psychological well-being/discomfort and negative alcohol-related consequences, but not in the remaining MHS indicators. According to the quarantine sub-periods, there were differences in psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, psychological distress, and negative alcohol-related consequences. Negative alcohol-related consequences were the only MHS indicator improving over time. For all of the remaining MHS indicators, we found a similar deterioration pattern in the course of time, with mean scores decreasing from the first to the 2nd week of the quarantine pre-extensions, then increasing toward the 1st week of the quarantine post-extension (with some MHS indicators reaching mean scores worse than the start), and then continued to increase. Conclusion: A worsened mean MHS during quarantine suggests that quarantine and its extensions contribute to negative mental health impacts.Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI; ArgentinaFil: Leyes, Candela Abigail. Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI; ArgentinaFil: Dutto Florio, María Agustina. Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI; ArgentinaFil: Fong, Shao Bing. University of Melbourne; AustraliaFil: López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; ArgentinaFil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; ArgentinaFrontiers Media S.A.2021-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/135102López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia; Leyes, Candela Abigail; Dutto Florio, María Agustina; Fong, Shao Bing; López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia; et al.; Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine; Frontiers Media S.A.; Frontiers in Psychiatry; 12; 2-2021; 1-10978-2-88974-667-51664-06401664-8714CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.557880/fullinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.557880info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:46:58Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/135102instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:46:58.579CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine
title Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine
spellingShingle Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine
López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia
ANXIETY
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE
COVID-19
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
QUARANTINE
SOCIAL ISOLATION
COVID-19
title_short Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine
title_full Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine
title_fullStr Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine
title_full_unstemmed Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine
title_sort Mental health impacts in Argentinean college students during COVID-19 quarantine
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia
Leyes, Candela Abigail
Dutto Florio, María Agustina
Fong, Shao Bing
López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia
Godoy, Juan Carlos
author López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia
author_facet López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia
Leyes, Candela Abigail
Dutto Florio, María Agustina
Fong, Shao Bing
López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia
Godoy, Juan Carlos
author_role author
author2 Leyes, Candela Abigail
Dutto Florio, María Agustina
Fong, Shao Bing
López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia
Godoy, Juan Carlos
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ANXIETY
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE
COVID-19
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
QUARANTINE
SOCIAL ISOLATION
COVID-19
topic ANXIETY
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE
COVID-19
DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
QUARANTINE
SOCIAL ISOLATION
COVID-19
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Background: We aimed to: (1) analyze differences in both general (in terms of psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, and psychological distress) and specific (depression, trait-anxiety, negative alcohol-related consequences, and suicidal risk) mental health state (MHS) in college students, residing in four different Argentinean regions (center, north, south, and the most populated) exposed to different spread-rates of the COVID-19; (2) analyze between-group differences in both general and specific MHS indicators at four quarantine sub-periods (twice prior, and twice following the first quarantine extension). Methods: We used a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample including 2,687 college students. Data was collected online during the Argentinean quarantine. We calculated one-way between-groups ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc test. Results: Regionally, the center and the most populated area differed in psychological well-being/discomfort and negative alcohol-related consequences, but not in the remaining MHS indicators. According to the quarantine sub-periods, there were differences in psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, psychological distress, and negative alcohol-related consequences. Negative alcohol-related consequences were the only MHS indicator improving over time. For all of the remaining MHS indicators, we found a similar deterioration pattern in the course of time, with mean scores decreasing from the first to the 2nd week of the quarantine pre-extensions, then increasing toward the 1st week of the quarantine post-extension (with some MHS indicators reaching mean scores worse than the start), and then continued to increase. Conclusion: A worsened mean MHS during quarantine suggests that quarantine and its extensions contribute to negative mental health impacts.
Fil: López Steinmetz, Lorena Cecilia. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina. Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI; Argentina
Fil: Leyes, Candela Abigail. Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI; Argentina
Fil: Dutto Florio, María Agustina. Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI; Argentina
Fil: Fong, Shao Bing. University of Melbourne; Australia
Fil: López Steinmetz, Romina Lucrecia. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; Argentina
Fil: Godoy, Juan Carlos. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas. - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas; Argentina
description Background: We aimed to: (1) analyze differences in both general (in terms of psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, and psychological distress) and specific (depression, trait-anxiety, negative alcohol-related consequences, and suicidal risk) mental health state (MHS) in college students, residing in four different Argentinean regions (center, north, south, and the most populated) exposed to different spread-rates of the COVID-19; (2) analyze between-group differences in both general and specific MHS indicators at four quarantine sub-periods (twice prior, and twice following the first quarantine extension). Methods: We used a cross-sectional design with a convenience sample including 2,687 college students. Data was collected online during the Argentinean quarantine. We calculated one-way between-groups ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc test. Results: Regionally, the center and the most populated area differed in psychological well-being/discomfort and negative alcohol-related consequences, but not in the remaining MHS indicators. According to the quarantine sub-periods, there were differences in psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, psychological distress, and negative alcohol-related consequences. Negative alcohol-related consequences were the only MHS indicator improving over time. For all of the remaining MHS indicators, we found a similar deterioration pattern in the course of time, with mean scores decreasing from the first to the 2nd week of the quarantine pre-extensions, then increasing toward the 1st week of the quarantine post-extension (with some MHS indicators reaching mean scores worse than the start), and then continued to increase. Conclusion: A worsened mean MHS during quarantine suggests that quarantine and its extensions contribute to negative mental health impacts.
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