Depression and Meaning of Life in University Students in Times of Pandemic

Autor/in	Romero Parra, Rosario Mireya
Titel	Depression and Meaning of Life in University Students in Times of Pandemic
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Psychology, 9 (2020) 3, S.223-242 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2014-3591
Schlagwörter	Depression (Psychology); World Views; College Students; Pandemics; COVID-19; Mental Health; Foreign Countries; Cross Cultural Studies; Measures (Individuals); Predictor Variables; Peru; Venezuela; Beck Depression Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? World view; Weltanschauung; Collegestudent; Psychohygiene; Ausland; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Messdaten; Prädiktor
Abstract	The emergence of the pandemic has led to fundamental social and economic swaps throughout the world, the sponsored measures taken have a significant effect on the mental health of individuals. The objective of the study was to compare the level of depression related to the meaning of life in students in times of pandemic at the Continental University of Peru and the "Rafael María Baralt" National Experimental University of Venezuela. The type of research developed was descriptive correlational with a cross-sectional design. The sample was made up of two groups: the first corresponds to 300 students from Peru and 300 from Venezuela. The Beck Depression Inventory and the Dimensional Sense of Life Scale, standardized version for Latin America, were used as measurement instruments. With the Spearman correlation coefficient it was determined that there is a moderate negative relationship of -0.610, which indicates that there is an inverse correlation in the variables level of depression and sense of life of the students and it was concluded that, among the students university students from both countries, there is a moderate inverse significant correlation between depression and the meaning of life, in the current times of pandemic. (As Provided).
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