Why do college students manifest stress, anxiety, and depression?
A rapid review of longitudinal studies
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https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2021.29593Keywords:
Anxiety, Depression, College students, Higher education, Mental healthAbstract
Many mental health problems start or are aggravated by entering college. The goal of this article was to identify factors related to stress, anxiety and depression in college students from longitudinal studies. A review was carried out on the databases Medline, Web of Science, SCOPUS and PsycInfo. An additional search was also carried out in the first one hundred results of Google Scholar and in the references of the eligible articles. Two factors' groups were identified: 1) environmental and/or social: adverse experiences in childhood, fragility of social relationships, and time of exposure to electronic media; 2) personal: beliefs about oneself, inability to modify self-attributes, personality traits, and dysfunctional cognitions linked with stressful events. It was concluded that the knowledge of the causes of stress, anxiety, and depression is important to identify students at risk and plan actions that encourage the search for help and the development of skills for stress management.
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