Mental health and coping strategies in graduate students in the COVID-19 pandemic
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.5012.3491Keywords:
Psychological Adaptation; COVID-19; Depression; Anxiety; Psychological Stress; Student’s Health.Abstract
Objective: to verify the relation of depression, anxiety, and
stress symptoms with coping strategies in graduate students
in the context of the new coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).
Method: an electronic cross-sectional and correlational survey
was conducted with 331 Brazilian graduate students, aged
20-64 years old, who answered an online form containing a
sociodemographic data questionnaire, a coping strategies scale,
and the DASS-21 scale. Descriptive analysis, Mann-Whitney
U or Kruskal-Wallis tests, and Spearman’s correlation were
performed. Results: the main results indicated that maintaining
work and study routines, as well as a religious practice, is
correlated with lower scores of depression, anxiety, and stress
symptoms, as well as with coping strategies that can act as
protective factors. Conclusion: the new coronavirus pandemic
has strained public health and increased the need for studies
aimed at understanding the impact of the event on the mental
health of the population. It is suggested that employment
and religiousness should be considered in interventions with
graduate students.
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