Cumulative Stress and Mental Health in Young Adults

Sponsor

Bernadetta Izydorczyk (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT05930652

Collaborator

Jagiellonian University (Other)

400

Enrollment

Location

2.1

Actual Duration (Months)

190.2

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the needs of young adults - "policrisis generation", exposed to cumulative stress during 2020-2023, in terms of quality of mental health, the psychosocial resources, protective factors for cumulative stress effect, and the standards for effective prevention. The main questions to be answered are:

How does cumulative stress affect young adults?
Is there a specific cumulative stress syndrome that can be described?
What are the risk and the protective factors for cumulative stress?
How does the "policrisis generation" deal with the cumulative stress they have been exposed to? Participants will complete psychological questionnaires

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Stress, Psychological Stress-related Problem Cumulative Trauma Mental Health Issue Mental Stress Psychological Well-Being	Diagnostic Test: Psychological tests and psychosocial questionnaires

Detailed Description

Background: Epidemiological data are not sufficient to determine the mental health outcomes of exposure to cumulative stress of 2020-2023. Holistic knowledge of risk and protective factors, pathways leading to symptoms (not yet observed), and stress management strategies for the generation living under cumulative stress conditions (pandemic, war, refugee migration, economic crisis) is needed.

Participants: 400 young adults, recruited among university students.

Research methodology: Analysis of data collected by screening questionnaires, psychological scales, and questionnaires, related to mental health conditions.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

400 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Retrospective

Official Title:

Impact of Cumulative Stress on Mental Health in Young Adults

Actual Study Start Date :

Apr 12, 2023

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jun 15, 2023

Actual Study Completion Date :

Jun 15, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Young adults The population of Polish Students, who graduated from high schools/ passed leaving exams, started university studies between 2020 and 2023, and were living in Poland during this period (2020-2023: COVID-19, lockdown, economic crisis, political changes, climate changes, and the war in Ukraine).	Diagnostic Test: Psychological tests and psychosocial questionnaires Assessment of psychological functioning (including well-being, mental health conditions, coping skills), and socio-demographics, academic performance, home, relationships, general health, habits, and attitudes.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Young adults

The population of Polish Students, who graduated from high schools/ passed leaving exams, started university studies between 2020 and 2023, and were living in Poland during this period (2020-2023: COVID-19, lockdown, economic crisis, political changes, climate changes, and the war in Ukraine).

Diagnostic Test: Psychological tests and psychosocial questionnaires

Assessment of psychological functioning (including well-being, mental health conditions, coping skills), and socio-demographics, academic performance, home, relationships, general health, habits, and attitudes.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

General Well-being [April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023]
Global Flourishing Study Questionnaire Development Report (GFS). The GFS includes 12 questions that gauge respondents' level of "flourishing" across six domains: (1) happiness and life satisfaction, (2) mental and physical health, (3) meaning and purpose, (4) character and virtue, (5) close social relationships and (6) financial and material stability.
Personality Traits [April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023]
Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (PiCD). The four-factor structure of the Polish version of PiCD consists of three unipolar factors as Negative Affectivity, Detachment, and Dissociality factors, and one bipolar Anankastia vs. Disinhibition factor.
Emotion Regulation [April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023]
The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). It comprises the following dimensions: (1) lack of acceptance of emotional responses, (2) difficulties in realizing goal-directed behaviors, (3) difficulties in controlling impulses, (4) lack of emotional awareness, (5) limited access to emotion regulation strategies, (6) lack of emotional clarity
Meaning in Life [April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023]
Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ). A 10-item questionnaire designed to measure two dimensions of meaning in life: (1) Presence of Meaning (how much respondents feel their lives have meaning), and (2) Search for Meaning (how much respondents strive to find meaning and understanding in their lives).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Authors survey [April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023]
Survey of socio-demographic data (gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, family, relationships, socio-economic status, place of residence, educational level, habits, attitudes, others)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

19 Years to 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Age between 19 and 25 years
Standard educational opportunities
Attending the university course cycle

Exclusion Criteria:

Age below 19
Intellectual disability
Inability to self-complete the research questionnaires

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Behaviour in Crisis Lab, Impact of cumulative stress on the mental health of young people project, Jagiellonian University in Krakow	Krakow		Poland	30-060