Psychological well-being, food insecurity, academic performance and other risk factors in a sample of university students in Jordan during COVID-19.

IF 2.4 Q3 NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Journal of Nutritional Science Pub Date : 2024-10-10 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1017/jns.2024.67
Tamara Y Mousa, Latefa A Dardas
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Abstract

This research validated an Arabic version of the Psychological General Well-being Index-Short version (PGWB-S) and examined the relationship between perceived psychological well-being, and food insecurity, academic achievement, and other risk factors in a sample of university students in Amman, Jordan, during COVID-19. A cross-sectional study was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 translated and validated the Arabic copy of the PGWB-S in 122 students from the University of Jordan. In Phase 2, 414 students completed the demographic questionnaire, Arabic versions of the PGWB-S, the Ryff Psychological Well-being Scale, and the Individual Food Insecurity Experience Scale. The participants had a mean PGWB-S score of 15.82 ± 0.34, and 41.3% had a mean score below 15. Psychological well-being was better in students younger than 21 and/or who had a GPA ≥3.0, were of normal weight or overweight, physically inactive, and food secure, did not drink coffee or smoke, as well as in those whose neighbourhood contained grocery stores and/or public transportation (P < 0.05). In conclusion, during the pandemic, perceived mental well-being was moderate in a Jordanian sample of university students. Perceived psychological well-being was also positively associated with food security and academic performance. These findings suggest that improving food security and academic achievement may contribute to enhanced psychological well-being among university students. Therefore, higher education institutions with the help of the government are encouraged to facilitate the provision of mental health care services to students, mainly post the coronavirus, which according to our knowledge is limited.

COVID-19 期间约旦大学生样本的心理健康、粮食不安全、学习成绩和其他风险因素。
本研究验证了阿拉伯语版的心理总体幸福指数--短版(PGWB-S),并在 COVID-19 期间对约旦安曼的大学生样本进行了心理幸福感与食物不安全、学业成绩和其他风险因素之间关系的研究。横断面研究分两个阶段进行。第一阶段翻译并验证了约旦大学 122 名学生的 PGWB-S 的阿拉伯语版本。在第二阶段,414 名学生完成了人口统计学问卷、阿拉伯语版 PGWB-S、Ryff 心理幸福感量表和个人食物不安全体验量表。参与者的 PGWB-S 平均得分为 15.82 ± 0.34,41.3% 的参与者平均得分低于 15 分。21岁以下和/或平均学分绩点≥3.0、体重正常或超重、不运动、食物安全、不喝咖啡或不吸烟的学生,以及附近有杂货店和/或公共交通的学生的心理健康水平更高(P < 0.05)。总之,在大流行期间,约旦大学生的心理健康感知处于中等水平。心理健康感也与食品安全和学习成绩呈正相关。这些研究结果表明,改善食品安全和学习成绩可能有助于提高大学生的心理健康水平。因此,我们鼓励高等教育机构在政府的帮助下为学生提供心理保健服务,主要是冠状病毒后的心理保健服务。
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Journal of Nutritional Science
Journal of Nutritional Science NUTRITION & DIETETICS-
CiteScore
3.00
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发文量
91
审稿时长
7 weeks
期刊介绍: Journal of Nutritional Science is an international, peer-reviewed, online only, open access journal that welcomes high-quality research articles in all aspects of nutrition. The underlying aim of all work should be, as far as possible, to develop nutritional concepts. JNS encompasses the full spectrum of nutritional science including public health nutrition, epidemiology, dietary surveys, nutritional requirements, metabolic studies, body composition, energetics, appetite, obesity, ageing, endocrinology, immunology, neuroscience, microbiology, genetics, molecular and cellular biology and nutrigenomics. JNS welcomes Primary Research Papers, Brief Reports, Review Articles, Systematic Reviews, Workshop Reports, Letters to the Editor and Obituaries.
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