Psychological Distress of High School Graduates During Social Distancing in Croatia

IF 0.6 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

European Journal of Mental Health Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.5708/ejmh.17.2022.2.4

Natalija Ćurković, Jelena Bugarin, Lorelaj Lukačin

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Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the whole world, thus also affecting the high school graduates in Croatia. Aims: The purpose of the study was to examine the psychological distress high school graduates experienced during the COVID-19 social distancing measures, more precisely to investigate gender and school type differences and to examine the relationship between psychological distress and self-regulated learning. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, an online questionnaire was administered to 13,037 high school graduates across Croatia. Results: The results show that girls exhibit higher levels of psychological distress compared to the boys, while the art school graduates show the highest distress, followed by gymnasium (i.e., secondary grammar school, prep school) graduates, and lastly vocational school graduates. Furthermore, a moderate negative correlation was found between self-efficacy and psychological distress, and significant, but small correlations were found between regulation of effort, management of work, time and environment, self-handicapping as well as elaboration and psychological distress. These results show that higher levels of self-regulation are connected to lower levels of psychological distress. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate that a need exists for greater accessibility of mental health care for adolescents.

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克罗地亚高中毕业生在社交距离期间的心理困扰

新冠肺炎疫情影响了全世界，也影响了克罗地亚的高中毕业生。目的:研究新冠肺炎社会距离措施期间高中毕业生的心理困扰，更准确地探讨性别和学校类型的差异，以及心理困扰与自我调节学习的关系。方法:在这项横断面研究中，对克罗地亚的13,037名高中毕业生进行了在线问卷调查。结果:女生的心理困扰程度高于男生，其中艺术学校毕业生的心理困扰程度最高，其次是体育馆(即中学文法学校、预科学校)毕业生，最后是职业学校毕业生。此外，自我效能感与心理困扰呈中度负相关，努力调节、工作管理、时间和环境管理、自我设限和精细程度与心理困扰呈显著但不显著的相关。这些结果表明，较高的自我调节水平与较低的心理困扰水平有关。结论:这些研究结果表明，需要为青少年提供更多的精神卫生保健服务。

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European Journal of Mental Health PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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0.70

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： The European Journal of Mental Health, an open-access, peer reviewed, interdisciplinary, professional journal concerned with mental health, personal well-being and its supporting ecosystems that acknowledge the importance of people’s interactions with their environments, established in 2006, is published on 280 pages per volume in English and German by the Semmelweis University Institute of Mental Health. The journal’s professional oversight is provided by the Editor-in-Chief and an international Editorial Board, assisted by an Advisory Board. The semiannual journal, with issues appearing in June and December, is published in Budapest. The journal aims at the dissemination of the latest scientific research on mental health and well-being in Europe. It seeks novel, integrative and comprehensive, applied as well as theoretical articles that are inspiring for professionals and practitioners with different fields of interest: social and natural sciences, humanities and different segments of mental health research and practice. The primary thematic focus of EJMH is the social-ecological antecedents of mental health and foundations of human well-being. Most specifically, the journal welcomes contributions that present high-quality, original research findings on well-being and mental health across the lifespan and in historical perspective.