Psychological distress and loneliness among European university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a European survey
Majority of the university students in Europe experienced increased level of stress and loneliness during the first wave of COVID-19. Perceived helplessness was significantly associated with stress and correlated with gender, various loneliness factors and country of origin.
Authors
- Jorma I. Virtanen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6574-9942)
- Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9008-7730)
- J. Tuominen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7223-156X)
- Cheng Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4046-2288)
- Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zúñiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2627-278X)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- University of Turku (FI)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- Obafemi Awolowo University (NG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25001-3
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universitetet i Bergen