Fayez Mahamid, Samaneh Sadeghi Hafshejani, Maryam Mokhtari Dinani, Nikolay Bokhan, Priscilla Chou, Dana Bdier, Ivan V Voevodin, Gordon Flett, Audrene Kerr-Brown, Maxim Zangeneh
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted various aspects of mental health among university students, including their academic performance. The transition to online learning, changes in tasks, and isolation at home all contributed to increased burnout among students. The current study aimed to test the association between COVID-19 anxiety and burnout among university students, and whether hope, adaptability, and anti-mattering mediate the association between COVID-19 anxiety and burnout. The study involved 450 university students from three states Canada, Russia, and Iran, consisting of 390 females and 60 males. Among the participants, 9.8% had a higher diploma, 63.8% held a master's degree, and 2.2% possessed a PhD. Results of the correlational analysis that COVID-19 anxiety was positively correlated with burnout (r = 0.31, p < .01) and anti--mattering (r = 0.44, p < .01). Conversely, COVID-19 anxiety was negatively correlated with hope (r = -0.20, p < .01) and adaptability (r = -0.10, p < .05). Regarding mediation analysis, the findings revealed that hope, adaptability, and anti-mattering mediated the association between COVID-19 anxiety and burnout among university students. The findings of the current study emphasize the need to promote hope, social adjustment, and a mattering among university students, as these factors could help enhance their mental health and prevent issues such as substance abuse, which students might resort to as negative coping strategies to deal with psychological stress and burnout related to pandemics.
新冠肺炎疫情对大学生心理健康的各个方面都产生了负面影响,包括他们的学习成绩。向在线学习的过渡、任务的变化以及在家的隔离都导致了学生倦怠的增加。本研究旨在检验大学生新型冠状病毒肺炎焦虑与倦怠的关系,以及希望、适应、反物质是否在新型冠状病毒肺炎焦虑与倦怠之间起中介作用。这项研究涉及来自加拿大、俄罗斯和伊朗三个州的450名大学生,其中包括390名女性和60名男性。在受访者中,9.8%的人拥有高等学历,63.8%的人拥有硕士学位,2.2%的人拥有博士学位。相关分析结果显示,新冠焦虑与倦怠(r = 0.31, p < 0.01)和反物质(r = 0.44, p < 0.01)呈正相关。相反,新冠焦虑与希望(r = -0.20, p < 0.01)和适应能力(r = -0.10, p .05)呈负相关。在中介分析方面,研究发现希望、适应和反物质在大学生新冠肺炎焦虑与倦怠的关联中起中介作用。当前研究的结果强调了在大学生中促进希望、社会适应和关心的必要性,因为这些因素可以帮助提高他们的心理健康,防止药物滥用等问题,学生可能会采取消极的应对策略来应对与流行病相关的心理压力和倦怠。
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse presents rigorous new studies and research on ethnicity and cultural variation in alcohol, tobacco, licit and illicit forms of substance use and abuse. The research is drawn from many disciplines and interdisciplinary areas in the social and behavioral sciences, public health, and helping professions. The Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse is an international forum for identification of emergent and culturally diverse substance use and abuse trends, and the implementation of culturally competent strategies in harm reduction, individual, group, and family treatment of substance abuse. The Journal systematically investigates the beliefs, attitudes, and values of substance abusers, searching for the answers to the origins of drug use and abuse for different ethnic groups. The Journal publishes research papers, review papers, policy commentaries, and conference proceedings. The Journal welcomes submissions from across the globe, and strives to ensure efficient review and publication outcomes.