COVID-19 pandemic Hong Kong university students and psychological well-being / Daniel TL Shek, Xiaoqin Zhu, Diya Dou and Joav Merrick.
| Author/creator | Shek, Daniel T. L. |
| Other author | Zhu, Xiaoqin (Editor of Service leadership) |
| Other author | Dou, Diya. |
| Other author | Merrick, Joav, 1950- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2024. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Public health : practices, methods and policies |
| Contents | Psychological well-being in Hong Kong university students under COVID-19 -- A mental health survey and the promotion of psychological well-being in university students under COVID-19 -- About the authors -- About the Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong -- About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel. |
| Abstract | "The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in social distancing and lockdown of businesses and also changed life for university students, who had to stay home and learn online instead of frontal teaching. Especially in Hong Kong university students faced many challenges. One huge challenge here is the small flats many families live in and all of a sudden everybody has to stay home. Students may lack privacy, when they attend online lectures and if there are several children at home, they also compete for computer and Wifi resources. Second, because of city lockdown, the social life of university students was much affected, which may lead to reduced social support and increased conflicts with the family. Third, for many university students, they had to take up part-time work to support their living, but the pandemic made that option impossible. The pandemic also severely restricted the offshore learning opportunities for the students, such as going outbound for work-integration and student exchange programs. In this book we describe a study carried out at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University during January-June 2021 to assess the mental health and well-being of university students during the pandemic. Student surveys and focus group interviews, teacher focus group interviews and key services providers' stocktaking surveys were conducted to reveal the risk and protective factors of mental health in different contexts. This study revealed that mental health problems were prevalent among students. More efforts are required to prevent negative mental health and reduce the prevalence of mental health problems. Moreover, it also revealed a gap between the services provided and students' perceptions"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Shek, Daniel T. L. COVID-19 pandemic New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2024 9798891135895 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024013871 |
| ISBN | 9798891137103 (adobe pdf) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
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