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dc.contributor.authorBokszczanin, Anna
dc.contributor.authorPalace, Marek
dc.contributor.authorBrown, William Michael
dc.contributor.authorGladysh, Olga
dc.contributor.authorTripathi, Rakhi
dc.contributor.authorShree, Divya
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-17T11:44:47Z
dc.date.available2023-03-09T00:00:00Z
dc.date.available2023-03-17T11:44:47Z
dc.date.issued2023-03-09
dc.identifier.citationBokszczanin A, Palace M, Brown W, Gladysh O, Tripathi R, Shree D (2023) 'Depression, perceived risk of COVID-19, loneliness, and perceived social support from friends among university students in Poland, UK, and India', Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 16, pp.651-663.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1179-1578
dc.identifier.pmid36923297
dc.identifier.doi10.2147/PRBM.S380318
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/625700
dc.description.abstractThe study examines the prevalence of depression among university students in Poland, the UK and India in the face of the second pandemic wave of COVID-19. The paper also examines the protective role of perceived social support, the hypothesis being that social support from friends would reduce depression. The data from university students (N=732) in Poland (N=335), UK (N= 198), and India (N=199) were collected online during of the fall/winter 2021. Participants completed measures of depression (CES-D), COVID-19 risk perception index, loneliness (DJGLS), and perceived social support (MSPSS). Almost 52% of all participants (58.5% in Poland, 62.6% in the UK, and 29.1% in India) met the criteria for major depression. The higher levels of depression symptoms were associated with a higher perceived risk of COVID-19, greater loneliness, female gender, younger students' age, and the lower levels of perceived social support. The greater family support predicted lower levels of depression symptoms in the Polish and Indian samples. Structural equation analyses (SEM) revealed the indirect effect of perceived social support from friends on the association between social loneliness and depression and between age and depression. This result shows that the support from friends significantly reduced depression, regardless of age, the level of social loneliness, and the perceived risk of COVID-19. Our conclusions link to university specialists' enhancement of psychological help for students with depression. We also recommend information campaigns on depression and treatment options.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDove Medical Pressen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.dovepress.com/depression-perceived-risk-of-covid-19-loneliness-and-perceived-social--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBMen_US
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dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectdepressionen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectlonelinessen_US
dc.subjectsocial supporten_US
dc.subjectSubject Categories::C880 Social Psychologyen_US
dc.titleDepression, perceived risk of COVID-19, loneliness, and perceived social support from friends among university students in Poland, UK, and Indiaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Opoleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentLiverpool John Moores Universityen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Bedfordshireen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPolish Academy of Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFORE School of Management, New Delhien_US
dc.contributor.departmentRashtriya Raksha University Lavaden_US
dc.identifier.journalPsychology Research and Behavior Managementen_US
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC10010133
dc.date.updated2023-03-17T11:39:11Z
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