An evaluation of mental health and emotion regulation experienced by undergraduate nursing students in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study.
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The COVID-19 outbreak negatively impacted the mental health and emotions of many individuals. The study presented here explores the mental health and emotion regulation experienced by undergraduate nursing students in China during the pandemic. Potential risk factors related to negative mental health symptoms were identified in this study. An online cross-sectional study including 342 respondents was performed from March 6, 2020, to April 1, 2020, at a University in China. A Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) were used to evaluate mental health and emotions. The statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The prevalence of anxiety, depression, or comorbid anxiety and depression were 55.0%, 56.4%, and 31.6%, respectively. The mean score of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression was 29.36 ± 8.00 and 15.55 ± 5.14. Lower scores for cognitive reappraisal and higher scores for expressive suppression were susceptible to symptoms of anxiety, depression, or comorbid anxiety and depression. Issues with mental health occurred in nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings from this study provide a better understanding of the association between mental health and emotion regulation, which will help direct psychological intervention that relieves these issues during the pandemic.
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A cross-sectional study on the mental health of Chinese undergraduate nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic showed that the prevalence of anxiety and depression was 55.0% and 56.4%, while 31.6% of nursing students suffered from the two disorders simultaneously, which was higher than among other medical students.
“A cross-sectional study on the mental health of Chinese undergraduate nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic showed that the prevalence of anxiety and depression was 55.0 and 56.4%, while 31.6% of nursing students suffered from the two disorders simultaneously, which was higher than those among other medical students (16).”
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- Authors
- Zhu, Y., Wang, H., & Wang, A.
- Affiliations
- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhu, Yuanyuan
- Venue
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2021-04-13
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1160-1169
- ISSN
- 1445-8330 (ISSN-L)
- 1447-0349
- PMC
- PMC8250684
- OpenAlex
- W3153391857
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 6
- FWCI
- 9.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- International Journal of Mental Health Nursing (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (2019YSHL027)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, nursing students, mental health, emotion regulation, anxiety, depression, comorbid depression and anxiety, cognitive reappraisal, expressive suppression, risk factors, psychological intervention
- MeSH terms
- Emotional Regulation, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Anxiety, China, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate, Humans, Mental Health, Students, Nursing, Pandemics
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