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dc.contributor.authorAmendola, Simone-
dc.contributor.authorvon Wyl, Agnes-
dc.contributor.authorVolken, Thomas-
dc.contributor.authorZysset, Annina-
dc.contributor.authorHuber, Marion-
dc.contributor.authorDratva, Julia-
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-15T14:33:32Z-
dc.date.available2021-03-15T14:33:32Z-
dc.date.issued2021-03-11-
dc.identifier.issn1664-1078de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/22105-
dc.description.abstractObjective: The COVID-19 pandemic and government measures implemented to counter the spread of the infection may be a major stressor affecting the psychological health of university students. This study aimed to explore how anxiety symptoms changed during the pandemic. Methods: 676 students (76% females) at Zurich University of Applied Sciences participated in the first (T0) and second (T1) survey waves. Anxiety symptoms were assessed using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-Scale-7 (GAD-7). Risk and protective factors (e.g., COVID-19-related variables) were examined. Results: GAD-7 scores decreased significantly from T0 to T1 (mean change:-0.446, SE = 0.132, 95% CI: -0.706, -0.186, t = -3.371, df = 659, p = 0.001). Participants with moderate-to-severe anxiety score were 20.2 and 15.6% at T0 and T1, respectively. The following positively predicted anxiety: older age, female gender, non-Swiss nationality, loneliness, participants’ concern about their own health, and interaction between time and participants’ concern about their own health. Resilience and social support negatively predicted anxiety. Conclusions: Our findings provide information for public health measures and psychological interventions supporting the mental health of university students during the COVID-19 emergency.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherFrontiers Research Foundationde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Psychologyde_CH
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectAnxietyde_CH
dc.subjectLongitudinalde_CH
dc.subjectLockdownde_CH
dc.subjectCoronavirusde_CH
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicde_CH
dc.subjectLinear mixed modelde_CH
dc.subject.ddc158: Angewandte Psychologiede_CH
dc.subject.ddc305: Personengruppen (Alter, Herkunft, Geschlecht, Einkommen)de_CH
dc.titleA longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerlandde_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementAngewandte Psychologiede_CH
zhaw.departementGesundheitde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitPsychologisches Institut (PI)de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInstitut für Public Health (IPH)de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-22105-
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.issue643171de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume12de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
zhaw.funding.zhawGesundheit von Studierenden in Zeiten der Corona-Pandemiede_CH
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zhaw.display.portraitYesde_CH
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Amendola, S., von Wyl, A., Volken, T., Zysset, A., Huber, M., & Dratva, J. (2021). A longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(643171). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171
Amendola, S. et al. (2021) ‘A longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland’, Frontiers in Psychology, 12(643171). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171.
S. Amendola, A. von Wyl, T. Volken, A. Zysset, M. Huber, and J. Dratva, “A longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland,” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, no. 643171, Mar. 2021, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171.
AMENDOLA, Simone, Agnes VON WYL, Thomas VOLKEN, Annina ZYSSET, Marion HUBER und Julia DRATVA, 2021. A longitudinal study on generalized anxiety among university students during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland. Frontiers in Psychology. 11 März 2021. Bd. 12, Nr. 643171. DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171
Amendola, Simone, Agnes von Wyl, Thomas Volken, Annina Zysset, Marion Huber, and Julia Dratva. 2021. “A Longitudinal Study on Generalized Anxiety among University Students during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland.” Frontiers in Psychology 12 (643171). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171.
Amendola, Simone, et al. “A Longitudinal Study on Generalized Anxiety among University Students during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Switzerland.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 12, no. 643171, Mar. 2021, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643171.


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