Celia Giovanna, Tessitore Francesca, Cavicchiolo Elisa, Girelli Laura, Limone Pierpaolo, Cozzolino Mauro
Department of Economics, Management and Territory, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Department of Humanities, Philosophy and Education, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 May 17;13:886538. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.886538. eCollection 2022.
The mental health of university students is significantly affected when faced with public health emergencies and requires specific interventions to help support and prevent any long-lasting effects that the pandemic may have on their mental health status. This study aims to evaluate the impact of an online individual counseling intervention provided by the University of Foggia and carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health status of a sample of university students.
32 Italian undergraduate students took part in a one-group pretest-posttest research design. The data was gathered in two times: before the start of the counseling intervention (T1), positive and negative affect, satisfaction with life, global mental distress, anxiety, stress, and future time perspective were collected, at the end of the counseling intervention (T2), the same dimensions were measured. A one-way repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed, and single Bonferroni-corrected dependent -tests were conducted on variables showing a significant change over time.
The results showed that positive affect, subjective well-being, and future time perspective increased significantly after the intervention. In contrast, the participants reported significantly lower levels of negative affect, global mental distress, state and trait anxiety, as well as perceived stress over time.
The study demonstrates the promising impact of online counseling intervention and its efficient contribution in promoting the well-being of university students. The results contribute to the ongoing debate concerning the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young adults, helping professionals develop more efficient clinical and psychological interventions.
大学生在面对突发公共卫生事件时，其心理健康会受到显著影响，需要采取特定干预措施来提供支持，并预防疫情可能对其心理健康状况产生的任何长期影响。本研究旨在评估福贾大学在新冠疫情期间提供的在线个体咨询干预对一组大学生心理健康状况的影响。
32名意大利本科生参与了单组前后测研究设计。数据分两次收集：在咨询干预开始前（T1），收集积极和消极情绪、生活满意度、总体心理困扰、焦虑、压力以及未来时间观；在咨询干预结束时（T2），测量相同维度。进行了单因素重复测量多元方差分析（MANOVA），并对随时间有显著变化的变量进行了单因素Bonferroni校正后的相关检验。
结果显示，干预后积极情绪、主观幸福感和未来时间观显著增加。相比之下，随着时间推移，参与者报告的消极情绪、总体心理困扰、状态和特质焦虑以及感知压力水平显著降低。
该研究证明了在线咨询干预的积极影响及其在促进大学生幸福感方面的有效作用。研究结果有助于 ongoing debate 关于新冠疫情对年轻人心理影响的讨论，帮助专业人员制定更有效的临床和心理干预措施。 （注：原文中“ongoing debate”未翻译，可能是笔误，可改为“正在进行的辩论” ）
