ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4582-5191; Wibowo, Razan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-9973; Forster, Felix
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3670-9244; Gerlich, Jessica
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0737-9506; Wengenroth, Laura
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4730-1612; Weinmayr, Gudrun; Genuneit, Jon; Nowak, Dennis
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7871-8686; Vogelberg, Christian
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4881-8368; Radon, Katja
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5271-3972 und Herbig, Britta
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6772-5255
(18. Januar 2025):
Association of chronic stress during studies with depressive symptoms 10 years later.
In: Scientific Reports, Bd. 15, 2379
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Abstract
The long-tern implications of stress during university for individuals’ mental health are not well understood so far. Hence, we aimed to examine the potential effect of stress while studying at university on depression in later life. We analysed data from two waves of the longitudinal Study on Occupational Allergy Risks. Using the ‘work overload’ and ‘proving oneself’ scales of the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress and the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), participants reported chronic stress during university (2007–2009, mean age 22.2 years, T1) and depressive symptoms ten years later (2017–2018, mean age 31.6 years, T2). We performed linear regression analyses to explore the association between stress during university (T1) and later depressive symptoms (T2). Participants (N = 548, 59% female) indicated rather low levels of stress and depression (PHQ-2 mean score: 1.14 (range: 0–6)). We observed evidence for a linear association between overload at T1 and depression at T2 (regression coefficient (B) = 0.270; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.131 to 0.409; standardised regression coefficient (β) = 0.170). Our analyses yielded evidence for an association between chronic stress while studying and risk of depressive symptoms later in life. This finding underlines the importance of implementing sustainable preventive measures against stress among students.
Dokumententyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
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Fakultät: | Medizin > Institut und Poliklinik für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin |
Themengebiete: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-124989-6 |
ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Dokumenten ID: | 124989 |
Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 26. Mrz. 2025 15:05 |
Letzte Änderungen: | 26. Mrz. 2025 15:05 |