Ning Xuan, Luo Xiaoyu, Guo Sijia
Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, Zhuhai, China.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Jun 25;15:1393603. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1393603. eCollection 2024.
Mental health challenges have still been widely pervasive among Chinese university students after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article aims to explore mental health challenges encountered by Chinese university students in the post-pandemic era and explain causes to these challenges using a qualitative approach.
We conducted six focus group interviews with university students in Zhuhai, China, and altogether 61 students including 43 female students, and 18 male students participated in the study.
Our results indicate that sleep difficulties, anxiety, and stress are the three primary mental health challenges experienced by students. Academic pressure, social influence including peer pressure and pursuit of social acceptance, and pandemic related policies and measures are the causes to the above mental health challenges.
The results of this study will inform the development of mental health promotion, intervention, and education activities for university students to bolster their resilience and cope with mental health problems in the post-pandemic era. Meanwhile, our results could illuminate the services stakeholders provide to university students in the future.
新冠疫情爆发后，心理健康问题在中国大学生中仍然广泛存在。本文旨在探讨后疫情时代中国大学生所面临的心理健康挑战，并采用定性研究方法解释这些挑战的成因。
我们在中国珠海对大学生进行了六次焦点小组访谈，共有61名学生参与了研究，其中包括43名女生和18名男生。
我们的研究结果表明，睡眠困难、焦虑和压力是学生们面临的三大主要心理健康挑战。学业压力、包括同伴压力和追求社会认可在内的社会影响，以及与疫情相关的政策和措施是上述心理健康挑战的成因。
本研究结果将为大学生心理健康促进、干预和教育活动的开展提供参考，以增强他们的心理韧性，应对后疫情时代的心理健康问题。同时，我们的研究结果可为未来利益相关者为大学生提供的服务提供启示。
