Predictors of well-being, future anxiety, and multiple recurrent health complaints among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of socioeconomic determinants, sense of coherence, and digital health literacy. An Italian cross-sectional study
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T1 - Predictors of well-being, future anxiety, and multiple recurrent health complaints among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic
T2 - the role of socioeconomic determinants, sense of coherence, and digital health literacy. An Italian cross-sectional study
AU - Lorini, Chiara
AU - Cavallo, Giuseppe
AU - Vettori, Virginia
AU - Buscemi, Primo
AU - Ciardi, Giulia
AU - Zanobini, Patrizio
AU - Okan, Orkan
AU - Dadaczynski, Kevin
AU - Lastrucci, Vieri
AU - Bonaccorsi, Guglielmo
N1 - Publisher Copyright: Copyright © 2023 Lorini, Cavallo, Vettori, Buscemi, Ciardi, Zanobini, Okan, Dadaczynski, Lastrucci and Bonaccorsi.
PY - 2023/9/20
Y1 - 2023/9/20
N2 - The pandemic deeply changed young adults’ life. Lockdown period and the social restrictions dramatically affected university students’ mental health. The aim of our cross-sectional study was to describe psychological well-being, future anxiety (FA), and health complaints (HCs) in a sample of 3,001 students of the University of Florence in the middle of the first two pandemic waves. We assessed the role of subjective social status, chronic diseases, sense of coherence (SoC), and digital health literacy (DHL) as predictors of psychological well-being, FA, and HCs. Students expressed high levels of FA and reported being disturbed by not being able to achieve their desired future goals. About 40% reported a low or a very low well-being and 19.1% experienced two or more subjective health complaints more than once a week. The likelihood of having a better mental health status significantly increased with increasing SoC and among males. Subjective Social Status proved to be a predictor for FA. Enhancing SoC could improve the health status of the university students during the pandemic and beyond.
AB - The pandemic deeply changed young adults’ life. Lockdown period and the social restrictions dramatically affected university students’ mental health. The aim of our cross-sectional study was to describe psychological well-being, future anxiety (FA), and health complaints (HCs) in a sample of 3,001 students of the University of Florence in the middle of the first two pandemic waves. We assessed the role of subjective social status, chronic diseases, sense of coherence (SoC), and digital health literacy (DHL) as predictors of psychological well-being, FA, and HCs. Students expressed high levels of FA and reported being disturbed by not being able to achieve their desired future goals. About 40% reported a low or a very low well-being and 19.1% experienced two or more subjective health complaints more than once a week. The likelihood of having a better mental health status significantly increased with increasing SoC and among males. Subjective Social Status proved to be a predictor for FA. Enhancing SoC could improve the health status of the university students during the pandemic and beyond.
KW - cross-sectional study
KW - psychological determinants
KW - SOC
KW - socioeconomic determinants
KW - university students
KW - well-being
KW - Health sciences
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/5fe4d990-df2e-377f-81a3-82073e9b08bf/
U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1210327
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1210327
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 37799148
AN - SCOPUS:85173346961
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
JF - Frontiers in Public Health
SN - 2296-2565
M1 - 1210327
ER -