COVID-19-Related Variables and Its Association with Anxiety and Suicidal Ideation: Differences Between International and Local University Students in Taiwan.
COVID-19-Related Variables and Its Association with Anxiety and Suicidal Ideation: Differences Between International and Local University Students in Taiwan.
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DOI：
10.2147/prbm.s333226
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Ko NY
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作者：
Ahorsu DK;Pramukti I;Strong C;Wang HW;Griffiths MD;Lin CY;Ko NY
本研究探讨了台湾国际和本地大学生在COVID-19相关变量、焦虑和自杀意念方面的差异。进行了一项在线横断面调查（通过电子邮件中的在线链接发送），包括大学生（n=529）。学生们接受了对COVID-19易感性、资源充足性、COVID-19信息来源、支持满意度、焦虑和自杀意念的评估（包括经验证的心理测量工具）。与国际学生相比，本地学生对COVID-19的易感性更高（p<0. 001），但资源充足（p<0. 001）和焦虑（p<0. 001）下降。与家人在一起，对支持的满意度和信息寻求是国际学生焦虑的预测因素（所有p值<0.05），而信息寻求预测本地学生的焦虑（p<0.001）。此外，与家人住在一起、对COVID-19的易感性和资源充足是预测国际学生自杀意念的因素（所有p值<0. 05），而男性和对支持的满意度则预测了本地学生的自杀意念（所有p值<0. 05）。与本地学生相比，国际学生表现出不同的COVID-19相关挑战。更具体地说，与本地学生相比，国际学生对COVID-19的易感性较低，焦虑程度较高。因此，医疗服务提供者应更加关注国际学生的心理健康和对COVID-19对健康影响的认识。
The present study examined the differences between international and local university students in Taiwan regarding COVID-19-related variables, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. An online cross-sectional survey (sent via an online link in an email) was carried out comprising university students (n=529). The students were assessed on measures (including validated psychometric instruments) of perceived susceptibility to COVID-19, perceived sufficiency of resources, sources of COVID-19 information, perceived satisfaction with support, anxiety and suicidal ideation. Local students had higher susceptibility to COVID-19 (p<0.001) but decreased sufficiency with resources (p<0.001) and anxiety (p<0.001) compared with international students. Staying with family members, satisfaction with support, and information seeking were the factors that predicted anxiety among international students (all p-values<0.05), while information seeking predicted local students’ anxiety (p<0.001). Furthermore, staying with family members, susceptibility to COVID-19, and sufficiency with resources were the factors that predicted suicidal ideation among international students (all p-values<0.05), while being a male and satisfaction with support predicted suicidal ideation among local students (all p-values<0.05). International students displayed different COVID-19-related challenges compared with local students. More specifically, international students as compared with local students had lower susceptibility to COVID-19 and higher anxiety. Therefore, healthcare providers should pay more attention to international students’ psychological health and awareness regarding impacts of COVID-19 on health.