Almomani Ensaf Y, Qablan Ahmad M, Almomany Abbas M, Atrooz Fatin Y
Department of Pharmacy, Alzaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Department of Secondary Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Curr Psychol. 2021;40(11):5772-5781. doi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01833-1. Epub 2021 May 9.
Different strategies were followed to control the spread of the COVID-19 disease worldwide. Jordan declared a military-enforced curfew for three months, which successfully controlled the disease spreading. However, the curfew impacted several aspects of students' lives and personalities. This study discusses the impact of the COVID-19 curfew restrictions on university students' mental health, as this area was not fully discussed in previous studies. An online survey was distributed to cover the psychological symptoms and coping strategies of university students. Most of them experienced short temper, anxiety, and sleep problems. Female students expressed more psychological symptoms than males, they managed their stress by sleeping, studying, and worshiping. Whereas male students were working, exercising, and playing video games. A distinct interest was noticed among students of different ages. Young students (18-25 years) expressed unhappiness and distress-like symptoms; they advocated sleeping and playing video games. While elder students (>26 years) had anxiety, sleep problems, and short tempers, they managed their symptoms by studying, exercising, and worshiping. The curfew restrictions have negatively impacted the mental health of female and younger students more than other categories. These research outcomes will help decision-makers to implement healthy coping strategies to be followed during unusual conditions.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-021-01833-1.
全球采取了不同策略来控制新冠疫情的传播。约旦宣布实施为期三个月的军事管制宵禁，成功控制了疫情蔓延。然而，宵禁对学生生活和性格的多个方面产生了影响。本研究探讨了新冠宵禁限制对大学生心理健康的影响，因为此前的研究尚未充分讨论这一领域。开展了一项在线调查，以了解大学生的心理症状和应对策略。他们中的大多数人都出现了脾气暴躁、焦虑和睡眠问题。女学生表现出的心理症状比男学生更多，她们通过睡觉、学习和礼拜来应对压力。而男学生则通过工作、锻炼和玩电子游戏来应对。不同年龄段的学生表现出明显的差异。年轻学生（18 - 25岁）表现出不开心和类似苦恼的症状；他们倾向于睡觉和玩电子游戏。而年长学生（>26岁）则有焦虑、睡眠问题和脾气暴躁的情况，他们通过学习、锻炼和礼拜来应对这些症状。宵禁限制对女学生和年轻学生心理健康的负面影响比对其他群体更大。这些研究结果将有助于决策者在特殊情况下实施健康的应对策略。
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