Mental well-being of college students: focus on sex differences and psycho physiological indices
Female university students exhibited poorer mental well-being 44 than male students, as indicated by both subjective and objective measures, with anxiety being particularly prominent. Combining psychological scales 46 with measures of HRV (RMSSD and HF power) may improve anxiety 47 assessment in female university students.
Authors
- Wen-Ming Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3968-2622)
- Zhenmin Bai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3504-3425)
- Osvaldas Rukšėnas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4177-9351)
- Inga Truskauskaitė‐Kunevičienė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6699-6638)
- Yangzhi Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2920-3365)
- Inga Griškova-Bulanova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5003-3300)
- Kai Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1917-0208)
Institutions
- Jimei University (CN)
- Vilnius University (LT)
- Vilnius University of Applied Sciences (LT)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
- Beijing Sport University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24231-9
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.23