Annual transition of major depressive episode in university students using a structured self‐rating questionnaire

Uehara, Toru; Takeuchi, Kazuo; Kubota, Fumio; Oshima, Kihachi; Ishikawa, Osamu

doi:10.1111/j.1758-5872.2010.00063.x

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“…This might relate to adaption problems in new learning environments and as well as the stress from both social and academic demands (Uehara, Takeuchi, Kubota, Oshima, & Ishikawa, 2010). Other studies also revealed that moderate depression was prevalent in Chinese university students (Chen et al, 2013;Ibrahim, Kelly, Adams, & Glazebrook, 2013).…”

Section: Stress Level Of Hong Kong University Studentsmentioning

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A Study of the Perceived Stress Level of University Students in Hong Kong

Kwok¹,

Ng²

2016

IJPS

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Background. In the school year 2015/2016, a significantly increased suicide rate among students in Hong Kong raised alarm bells to the public. High levels of stress among Hong Kong students was believed to be one of the main causes of these suicide incidents. In order to examine the stress levels of Hong Kong students, we targeted the group of undergraduates and initiated this research study.Objective. This study aimed to provide more information and objective analysis with regard to the stress levels of undergraduate students in Hong Kong.Method. There was a total (N = 337) number participants enrolled in this study at the Open University of Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10) was adopted as the measure of perceived stress level of university students. The Perceived Stress Scale-10 is a 10-item scale designed to measure the self-reported perceived stress level. The set of questionnaires also includes The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) scale which was used for evaluating the convergent validity of PSS-10; The General Self Efficacy (GSE) Scale and the Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) which were used for evaluating the related divergent validity.Results. Referring to the findings, the stress level of the participants who were mostly from the age group of 18-29 had an average score of 19.02 which was considered to be higher than the standard score (M = 14.2; SD = 6.2), and thus undergraduate students who belonged to this age group were found to present a potential higher stress level among those participants.Conclusions. This study simply showed the general stress level of the target population, and such information could provide a meaningful reference for further study of stress levels among Hong Kong students. However, it could not show the other detailed information such as the reasons for causing a high potential stress. Therefore, it suggested that the follow-up study could focus more specifically on a particular type of stress (i.e., academic stress) in investigation.

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Section: Stress Level Of Hong Kong University Studentsmentioning

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A Study of the Perceived Stress Level of University Students in Hong Kong

Kwok¹,

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2016

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“…According to [3], student"s performances in university are affected by symptoms of stress. Due to their academic and social demands in preparing their professional careers, they are survived in a very stressful environment [4]. Basically, juniors had higher reactions to stress due to they are fresh and try to adapt to a new environment [5].…”

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Stress catcher application for mobile stress monitoring using questionnaire-based

Baharum

Tanalol

Jian

et al. 2019

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Nowadays, stress has become the main reason to cause health problems. The human’s lifestyle has been increasing due to the fast development of technologies which help to improve performance and productivity indirectly increased the burden of human lifestyle. Many studies have done to identify the cause of stress and the effect of stress among university students. However, stress monitoring is not well mentioned in the previous works especially stress monitoring with questionnaire-based. Thus, this research tried to come out with a mobile application that fit to use to monitor the stress level by using a questionnaire. Mobile-D used to identify and develop the mobile application, namely as Stress Catcher. Mobile-D approach allows Test-driven development and it is suitable to use for mobile applications development. A prototype of Stress Catcher will function to prove the usefulness in human lifestyle.

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“…University students face many challenges including independent living, academic stress, as well as planning for their future careers [7] and this predispose them to depression [8]. This emotional and mental stresses can influence them to high risk behaviors' such as increased levels of smoking [9], increased alcohol consumption [10], increased self-injurious behaviors [11].…”

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Factors Associated with Depression among University Students in Malaysia: A Cross-sectional Study

Islam¹,

Low²,

Tong³

et al. 2018

KLS

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Depression causes mental health problem among young group especially university students due to stress resulted from studies and independent living. Depression can cause disability and even mortality. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression and the factors influencing depression among university students in Malaysia. This cross-sectional study involved 1,023 university students (response rate 90.4%). Depression was assessed using the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Short Depression Scale (CESD -10). Binary logistic regression was used to determine predictors of depression based on sociodemographic, physiological, lifestyle, and health characteristics. Approximately 30% respondents experienced depression, which included 4.4% of severe depression. The risk of depression was 2.52 times higher (95% CI: 1.71-3.71) in second year students compared to first year students, and 1.63 times higher (95% CI: 1.08-2.45) in students staying outside campus compared to students staying inside campus. Students from poor, not well-off, and quite well-off family background had 15.26 (95% CI: 2.77-84.88), 4.85 (95% CI: 1.01-23.34) and 5.62 times (95% CI: 1.16-27.25) higher chance for depression than wealthier students, respectively. Students with mild, moderate, and severe sleeping problem were 2.50 times (95% CI: 1.61-3.88), 3.34 times (95% CI: 2.18-5.11), and 3.66 times (95% CI:1. 93 -6. 94) more likely to be depressed than those without sleeping problem, respectively. Students with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were 1.42 times higher (95% CI: 1.07-2.56) to suffer from depression. Higher institution need to pay special attention to students especially those in their second year, living off campus, from lower economic status, with sleeping problem, and with PTSD.

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Annual transition of major depressive episode in university students using a structured self‐rating questionnaire

Cited by 41 publications

References 23 publications

A Study of the Perceived Stress Level of University Students in Hong Kong

A Study of the Perceived Stress Level of University Students in Hong Kong

Stress catcher application for mobile stress monitoring using questionnaire-based

Factors Associated with Depression among University Students in Malaysia: A Cross-sectional Study

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