Psychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy.
Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 28;19(23):15814. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192315814.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical students were burdened with high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. The objective of the present study was to investigate predictors of positive mental health among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted an online survey from September 2021 to March 2022. We applied the snowball recruitment technique involving medical students from the University of Catania, Italy. We administered, anonymously, a questionnaire about demographic characteristics, the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire (TEMPS-A), and the short form of the Mental Health Continuum (MHC-SF). Participants showed moderate anxiety, depression, and stress levels, and more than half had positive mental health status overall. This finding was inversely related to age, depression severity, cyclothymic, and depressive temperaments. Our results showed that medical students with depressive and cyclothymic temperaments were more at risk of worsening mental health status during the pandemic. Our findings may allow for further developments about the impact of personological characteristics on students' mental health to enable more efficient support for the most vulnerable.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间，医学生承受着高度的压力、焦虑和抑郁。本研究的目的是探讨 COVID-19 大流行期间医学生积极心理健康的预测因素。我们于 2021 年 9 月至 2022 年 3 月进行了一项在线调查。我们采用涉及意大利卡塔尼亚大学医学生的滚雪球招募技术。我们匿名进行了一项关于人口统计学特征、抑郁焦虑压力量表（DASS-21）、孟菲斯、比萨、巴黎和圣地亚哥自动问卷的脾气评估（TEMPS-A）以及心理健康连续体的简短形式（MHC-SF）的问卷调查。参与者表现出中度焦虑、抑郁和压力水平，超过一半的人总体上有积极的心理健康状况。这一发现与年龄、抑郁严重程度、环性和抑郁气质呈负相关。我们的研究结果表明，具有抑郁和环性气质的医学生在大流行期间更有可能恶化心理健康状况。我们的研究结果可能会进一步探讨人格特征对学生心理健康的影响，以便为最脆弱的学生提供更有效的支持。
