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The Impact of COVID-19 on University Professors’ and Students’ Mental Health: Risk and Protective Processes

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 8742

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Renata Tambelli

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Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Via degli Apuli 1, 00185 Rome, Italy
Interests: dynamic psychology; clinical psychology; psychosomatic; developmental psychosomatic; developmental psychopathology; internal representations; primary relationship; psychotherapeutic processes
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Dr. Eleonora Marzilli

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Department of Dynamic Clinical Psychology and Health Studies, Sapienza, University of Rome, 00185 Roma, Italy
Interests: developmental psychopathology; parenting; epigenetics; adolescence; parent-child interactions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global economic and health crisis, disrupting personal, social, and work activities. To prevent its spread, the governments of many countries worldwide implemented a series of containment measures (e.g., closing academic institutions, the shift to distance education, and virtual learning/teaching) that have had a crucial impact on education institutions, with short- and long-term effects on university professors’ and students’ mental health. International research on the first waves of the pandemic has shown an increase in psychopathological symptoms among professor and student populations, including anxiety and depressive symptoms, sleep problems, and post-traumatic distress symptoms. Moreover, the succession of phases of epidemiological surge followed by a reduction in cases and a consequent relaxation of restrictive measures has led to additional stress. However, for some, the new circumstances imposed by the COVID-19 restrictions have led to a sense of efficacy, as well as positive adaptation and outcomes.  

This Special Issue aims to explore the psychological responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in university professors and/or students. We welcome scientific papers focused on the most recent and relevant evidence of the psychological impact of COVID-19 and its related restrictions on professors’ and/or students’, and/or possible associated psychopathological and/or academic outcomes. Scientific findings regarding the role of individual, relational, and/or biological risk factors and factors associated with resilience are encouraged. We also welcome systematic reviews and meta-analyses related to these issues.

Prof. Dr. Renata Tambelli
Dr. Eleonora Marzilli
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • university professors
  • university students
  • mental health
  • risk factors
  • resilience

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Individual (Non) Resilience of University Students to Digital Media Manipulation after COVID-19 (Case Study of Slovak Initiatives)
by Hedviga Tkácová, Martina Pavlíková, Eva Stranovská and Roman Králik
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 1605; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021605 - 16 Jan 2023
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The starting point of this theoretical article is the presentation of the issue of media manipulation in the contemporary digital media environment. The theoretical part is followed by a description and analysis of selected factors that create a belief of the individual’s resilience [...] Read more.
The starting point of this theoretical article is the presentation of the issue of media manipulation in the contemporary digital media environment. The theoretical part is followed by a description and analysis of selected factors that create a belief of the individual’s resilience to digital media manipulative elements. Among the seven researched factors of an individual’s (non) resilience to digital media manipulation, we include: media illiteracy/literacy, thought activity/laziness, searching/not searching for “consensus” in the media, not emphasizing/emphasizing emotions, non-reliance/reliance on own intuition, non-credibility/credibility in the opinion of celebrities and automatic distrust/trust of recipients in the information presented in the media and others. We do not see the presence of manipulative elements in digital media as the main danger (manipulation is always in a sense part of the media message), nor the fact that manipulative elements have an effect on individuals (media—manipulative and non-manipulative—effects cannot be doubted). In our opinion, the very significant risk is the fact that the media message is followed by a false belief of the recipient’s own “immunity” against (covert and overt) media manipulation. The result of this false notion is the individual’s belief that manipulation in digital media content does not “affect” him (“I can easily recognize media manipulation”) and does not “touch” him (“It can’t happen to me”). Such a person then resembles a “house on the sand”, as his opinions, arguments or beliefs quickly collapse under the onslaught of five skills: challenges in the context of media literacy, critical thinking, strategies for verifying the credibility of information sources, the rational assessment of issues and reflection of reality. This original research article is a qualitative analysis of the legacy of ten Slovak educational initiatives focused on the issue of education in the context of media manipulation. The analysis focuses on the role of individual risk factors associated with resilience. The conclusion of the analysis is the elaboration of a positive proposal for the researched issue. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Impact of COVID-19 on University Professors’ and Students’ Mental Health: Risk and Protective Processes)
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Internet Addiction among Young Adult University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Peritraumatic Distress, Attachment, and Alexithymia
by Eleonora Marzilli, Luca Cerniglia, Silvia Cimino and Renata Tambelli
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(23), 15582; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315582 - 24 Nov 2022
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The literature focused on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on young adult university students’ mental health shows a significant increase in psychopathological symptoms and Internet Addiction (IA). The key role played by attachment and alexithymia has also been suggested, but no study [...] Read more.
The literature focused on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on young adult university students’ mental health shows a significant increase in psychopathological symptoms and Internet Addiction (IA). The key role played by attachment and alexithymia has also been suggested, but no study has explored the possible dynamic relationship between these variables. We recruited a sample of n = 410 young adult university students online. We assessed the attachment to parents and peers (through IPPA), alexithymia (through TAS-20), peritraumatic distress symptoms due to COVID-19 (through CPDI), and IA (through IAT). The results showed that the relationship between the attachment to mothers and IA was partially mediated by alexithymia and by the serial mediation of alexithymia and peritraumatic distress, whereas the influence of the attachment to fathers on IA was fully mediated by peritraumatic distress. The direct effects of the attachment to peers on alexithymia, peritraumatic distress, and IA were all significant, as were the indirect paths via the simple mediation of both alexithymia and peritraumatic distress and the multiple serial mediation of alexithymia and peritraumatic distress. Our findings suggested that the relationship between attachment, alexithymia, and psychopathological risk is dynamic in predicting IA during the pandemic among young adult university students and that the different attachment figures exert a peculiar contribution to these processes. Full article
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Validation of a Measurement Scale on Technostress for University Students in Chile
by Alejandro Vega-Muñoz, Carla Estrada-Muñoz, Paola Andreucci-Annunziata, Nicolas Contreras-Barraza and Heidi Bilbao-Cotal
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(21), 14493; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114493 - 4 Nov 2022
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The main aim in this research was to validate a scale for measuring technostress in Chilean university students under the context of hybrid education. There were 212 university students as participants from the central-south zone of Chile. For measuring technostress manifestations, a technostress [...] Read more.
The main aim in this research was to validate a scale for measuring technostress in Chilean university students under the context of hybrid education. There were 212 university students as participants from the central-south zone of Chile. For measuring technostress manifestations, a technostress questionnaire for Chinese university professors and its adaptation for Spanish university students was used as a base instrument to adapt the scale. The exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis generated an adequacy of the psychometric scale by eliminating three items from the original scales but generated important changes by reordering the other 19 items into only three factors, establishing an important local difference with previous versions that contemplated five factors, but retaining as a central axis the stress produced by a misfit between the person and his or her environment. The resulting scale was based on factors such as Abilities-Demands Techno-Educational, Needs-Supplies Resources, and Person-People Factor. It also has a good internal consistency with a scale that allows for the continuation of technostress measurements in the local context; adding to studies on this topic which have already been carried out on diverse actors of the Chilean educational system; proposing a reliable and valid psychometric scale of technostress in Chilean university students; and giving researchers and academic managers the ability to know the adverse effects of the use of technologies and propose mitigation actions. Full article
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