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Psychological distress in French college students: demographic, economic and social stressors. Results from the 2010 National Health Barometer

BACKGROUND: Psychological distress (PD) in students is under-investigated, since its prevalence can be high in certain subgroups of students and it has been seen to be associated with other mental health issues and academic achievement. In a sample of French college students, this study investigated...

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Autores principales: Saïas, Thomas, du Roscoät, Enguerrand, Véron, Laurentine, Guignard, Romain, Richard, Jean-Baptiste, Legleye, Stéphane, Sauvade, Fanny, Kovess, Viviane, Beck, François
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24629002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-256
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author Saïas, Thomas
du Roscoät, Enguerrand
Véron, Laurentine
Guignard, Romain
Richard, Jean-Baptiste
Legleye, Stéphane
Sauvade, Fanny
Kovess, Viviane
Beck, François
author_facet Saïas, Thomas
du Roscoät, Enguerrand
Véron, Laurentine
Guignard, Romain
Richard, Jean-Baptiste
Legleye, Stéphane
Sauvade, Fanny
Kovess, Viviane
Beck, François
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description BACKGROUND: Psychological distress (PD) in students is under-investigated, since its prevalence can be high in certain subgroups of students and it has been seen to be associated with other mental health issues and academic achievement. In a sample of French college students, this study investigated factors associated with PD, and looked more closely at the impact of social and interpersonal variables. METHODS: Data were extracted from the 2010 French “National Health Barometer”. 946 students were interviewed. Mental health was assessed using the MH-5 five-item scale. RESULTS: The PD rate in this sample was 13.8% (7.2% in males, 19.5% in females). Low income, nonsexual assault in the last 12 months, studying law and low social participation were associated with PD in multivariate analyses. CONCLUSIONS: French students show specific characteristics that are discussed in order to explain the relatively low rate of PD observed. The impact of loneliness and social isolation are a major focus for preventive policies based on community resources and early detection of the symptoms of PD.
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spelling pubmed-39954992014-04-23 Psychological distress in French college students: demographic, economic and social stressors. Results from the 2010 National Health Barometer Saïas, Thomas du Roscoät, Enguerrand Véron, Laurentine Guignard, Romain Richard, Jean-Baptiste Legleye, Stéphane Sauvade, Fanny Kovess, Viviane Beck, François BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Psychological distress (PD) in students is under-investigated, since its prevalence can be high in certain subgroups of students and it has been seen to be associated with other mental health issues and academic achievement. In a sample of French college students, this study investigated factors associated with PD, and looked more closely at the impact of social and interpersonal variables. METHODS: Data were extracted from the 2010 French “National Health Barometer”. 946 students were interviewed. Mental health was assessed using the MH-5 five-item scale. RESULTS: The PD rate in this sample was 13.8% (7.2% in males, 19.5% in females). Low income, nonsexual assault in the last 12 months, studying law and low social participation were associated with PD in multivariate analyses. CONCLUSIONS: French students show specific characteristics that are discussed in order to explain the relatively low rate of PD observed. The impact of loneliness and social isolation are a major focus for preventive policies based on community resources and early detection of the symptoms of PD. BioMed Central 2014-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3995499/ /pubmed/24629002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-256 Text en Copyright © 2014 Saïas et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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Saïas, Thomas
du Roscoät, Enguerrand
Véron, Laurentine
Guignard, Romain
Richard, Jean-Baptiste
Legleye, Stéphane
Sauvade, Fanny
Kovess, Viviane
Beck, François
Psychological distress in French college students: demographic, economic and social stressors. Results from the 2010 National Health Barometer
title Psychological distress in French college students: demographic, economic and social stressors. Results from the 2010 National Health Barometer
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title_full_unstemmed Psychological distress in French college students: demographic, economic and social stressors. Results from the 2010 National Health Barometer
title_short Psychological distress in French college students: demographic, economic and social stressors. Results from the 2010 National Health Barometer
title_sort psychological distress in french college students: demographic, economic and social stressors. results from the 2010 national health barometer
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995499/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24629002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-256
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