College of Law and Political Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Sep 16;18(18):9758. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18189758.
The COVID-19 epidemic has had a significant impact on society. In particular, it has had a strong impact on college students, including international students. Through an online questionnaire survey, it is found that the psychological distress experienced by international students is the result of a combination of the external environment (including the lockdown measures, social distancing, and social support) and internal factors such as values and behavior. The analysis shows that the new teaching mode and the corresponding changes in learning behavior are significantly associated with the psychological distress brought about by the COVID-19 epidemic. In addition, the influence of international students' values also plays a significant role in their psychological distress. Collective values are conducive to the alleviation of psychological distress, while individual values have the opposite effect. At the same time, the study also reveals that if there is sufficient social support, isolation (due to lockdown or social distancing early or later on) is not necessarily directly related to psychological distress. However, only formal social support can effectively alleviate psychological distress, while informal social support does not play a similar role. These conclusions have certain policy significance for the prevention of and response to epidemics in other countries.
新冠疫情对社会产生了重大影响。特别是对大学生，包括留学生，产生了强烈的影响。通过在线问卷调查发现，留学生的心理困扰是外部环境（包括封锁措施、社交距离和社会支持）与价值观和行为等内部因素共同作用的结果。分析表明，新的教学模式和相应的学习行为变化与新冠疫情带来的心理困扰显著相关。此外，留学生价值观的影响也在其心理困扰中起着重要作用。集体价值观有助于缓解心理困扰，而个体价值观则有相反的效果。同时，该研究还表明，如果有足够的社会支持，隔离（由于封锁或社交距离的早期或后期）不一定与心理困扰直接相关。然而，只有正式的社会支持才能有效缓解心理困扰，而非正式的社会支持则没有类似的作用。这些结论对其他国家预防和应对疫情具有一定的政策意义。
