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

International journal of educational psychology, 2020-10, Vol.9 (3), p.223-242 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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  • Title:
    Depression and the Meaning of Life in University Students in Times of Pandemic
  • Author: Parra, Mireya Romero
  • Subjects: College Students ; COVID-19 ; Cross Cultural Studies ; Depresión ; Depression ; Depression (Psychology) ; estudiantes universitarios ; Foreign Countries ; meaning of life ; Measures (Individuals) ; Mental depression ; Mental Health ; pandemia ; pandemic ; Pandemics ; Predictor Variables ; sentido de la vida ; University students ; World Views
  • Is Part Of: International journal of educational psychology, 2020-10, Vol.9 (3), p.223-242
  • Description: 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 MarĂ­a 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 -.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.
  • Publisher: Barcelona: Hipatia Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2014-3591
    EISSN: 2014-3591
    DOI: 10.17583/ijep.2020.6784
  • Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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