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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Research Article 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 |
title_full | Psychological distress in French college students: demographic, economic and social stressors. Results from the 2010 National Health Barometer |
title_fullStr | Psychological distress in French college students: demographic, economic and social stressors. Results from the 2010 National Health Barometer |
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 |
topic | Research Article |
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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