Factors Influencing Depression and Mental Distress Related to COVID-19 Among University Students in China: Online Cross-sectional Mediation Study.
Yanqiu YuRui SheSitong LuoMeiqi XinLijuan LiSuhua WangLe MaFang-Biao TaoJianxin ZhangJunfeng ZhaoLiping LiDongsheng HuGuohua ZhangJing GuDanhua LinHong-Mei WangYong CaiZhaofen WangHua YouGuoqing HuJoseph Tak Fai LauPublished in: JMIR mental health (2021)
Both mental distress due to COVID-19 and depression were prevalent among university students in China; the former may have increased the prevalence of the latter. The studied cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial factors related to COVID-19 may directly or indirectly (via mental distress due to COVID-19) affect depression. Interventions to modify such factors may reduce mental distress and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 epidemic.