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Major depressive episode externalizing symptoms among university students

INTRODUCTION: Depression affects 32% of university students and Major Depressive Episode (MDE) externalizing symptoms indicate the severity of the case. This study assessed MDE externalizing symptom prevalence and associated factors among university students, with emphasis on aspects related to the...

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Autores principales: Flesch, Betina Daniele, Sica Cruzeiro Szortyka, Ana Laura, Houvèssou, Gbènankpon Mathias, Neitzke Höfs, Fabiane, Gastal Fassa, Anaclaudia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34111126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252027
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author Flesch, Betina Daniele
Sica Cruzeiro Szortyka, Ana Laura
Houvèssou, Gbènankpon Mathias
Neitzke Höfs, Fabiane
Gastal Fassa, Anaclaudia
author_facet Flesch, Betina Daniele
Sica Cruzeiro Szortyka, Ana Laura
Houvèssou, Gbènankpon Mathias
Neitzke Höfs, Fabiane
Gastal Fassa, Anaclaudia
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description INTRODUCTION: Depression affects 32% of university students and Major Depressive Episode (MDE) externalizing symptoms indicate the severity of the case. This study assessed MDE externalizing symptom prevalence and associated factors among university students, with emphasis on aspects related to the academic environment, including interpersonal relationships and study area chosen by students. METHODS: A census was performed on new students in the first semester of 2017 at a university in Southern Brazil. Depressive symptom prevalence was assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. The multivariate analysis of the associated factors followed a hierarchical model, using Poisson regression with backward selection. RESULTS: MDE externalizing symptoms were present in 20% of the university students and were more frequent among females, those with brown, black or other skin color in comparison to those with white skin color. Individuals with a family history of depression, minority sexual orientation, negative self-reported academic performance, students taking courses in the area of Linguistics, Modern Languages and Arts and students who reported strong conflicts with university teachers or colleagues also had higher prevalence of externalizing symptoms. CONCLUSION: It is important for education institutions to train teachers to identify and deal adequately with students who have externalizing symptoms of MDE. In addition, education institutions need to pay attention to conflicts, both between students and also between students and teachers in order to take preventive measures in these circumstances.
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spelling pubmed-81918752021-06-10 Major depressive episode externalizing symptoms among university students Flesch, Betina Daniele Sica Cruzeiro Szortyka, Ana Laura Houvèssou, Gbènankpon Mathias Neitzke Höfs, Fabiane Gastal Fassa, Anaclaudia PLoS One Research Article INTRODUCTION: Depression affects 32% of university students and Major Depressive Episode (MDE) externalizing symptoms indicate the severity of the case. This study assessed MDE externalizing symptom prevalence and associated factors among university students, with emphasis on aspects related to the academic environment, including interpersonal relationships and study area chosen by students. METHODS: A census was performed on new students in the first semester of 2017 at a university in Southern Brazil. Depressive symptom prevalence was assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. The multivariate analysis of the associated factors followed a hierarchical model, using Poisson regression with backward selection. RESULTS: MDE externalizing symptoms were present in 20% of the university students and were more frequent among females, those with brown, black or other skin color in comparison to those with white skin color. Individuals with a family history of depression, minority sexual orientation, negative self-reported academic performance, students taking courses in the area of Linguistics, Modern Languages and Arts and students who reported strong conflicts with university teachers or colleagues also had higher prevalence of externalizing symptoms. CONCLUSION: It is important for education institutions to train teachers to identify and deal adequately with students who have externalizing symptoms of MDE. In addition, education institutions need to pay attention to conflicts, both between students and also between students and teachers in order to take preventive measures in these circumstances. Public Library of Science 2021-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8191875/ /pubmed/34111126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252027 Text en © 2021 Flesch et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gastal Fassa, Anaclaudia
Major depressive episode externalizing symptoms among university students
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34111126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252027
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