Richardson T, Elliott P, Roberts R
Professional Training Unit, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK Mental Health Recovery Team South, Solent NHS Trust, Portsmouth PO3 6AD, UK.
Professional Training Unit, School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2015 Sep;37(3):412-8. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdv003. Epub 2015 Feb 10.
Previous studies have shown a relationship between debt and mental health problems in students. This study aimed to examine the effect of differences in tuition fees amount on changes in mental health over time.
A prospective cohort study followed 390 first-year British students who differed on their tuition fees level at 4 time points across their first 2 years at university. Participants completed measures of global mental health, depression, anxiety, stress, alcohol-related problems at up to four time points in their first two years at university. Mixed-factorial ANOVAs were used to assess the impact of tuition fees amount on changes in scores over time.
There was no difference based on fees at Time 1 for anxiety, stress, depression and global mental health. At Time 2, those charged £0-2.9k or £3-4k improved while those charged £8-9k stayed the same. However, this trend reversed by Times 3 and 4.
Undergraduates mental health is partially affected by the level of tuition fees; however, the recent increase in tuition fees does not appear to have had a lasting impact at present.
先前的研究表明学生的债务与心理健康问题之间存在关联。本研究旨在探讨学费金额差异对心理健康随时间变化的影响。
一项前瞻性队列研究跟踪了390名英国一年级学生，这些学生在大学的前两年中在4个时间点的学费水平有所不同。参与者在大学的前两年中最多在4个时间点完成了全球心理健康、抑郁、焦虑、压力、与酒精相关问题的测量。混合因子方差分析用于评估学费金额对分数随时间变化的影响。
在时间1时，焦虑、压力、抑郁和全球心理健康方面，基于学费没有差异。在时间2时，那些被收取0 - 2.9千英镑或3 - 4千英镑学费的学生心理健康状况有所改善，而那些被收取8 - 9千英镑学费的学生则保持不变。然而，到时间3和时间4时，这种趋势发生了逆转。
本科生的心理健康部分受到学费水平的影响；然而，近期学费的上涨目前似乎并没有产生持久影响。
