Aline Drapeau1,2,3, Alain Marchand4,5 and Dominic Beaulieu-Prevost6 1Departement de psychiatrie – Universite de Montreal 2Centre de recherche Fernand-Seguin – Hopital Louis. H. Lafontaine 3Departement de medecine sociale et preventive – Universite de Montreal 4Ecole de relations industrielles – Universite de Montreal 5Institut de recherche en sante publique – Universite de Montreal 6Departement de sexologie – Universite du Quebec a Montreal Canada

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Epidemiology of Psychological Distress

This study aimed to examine the gender differences in the prevalence of psychological distress, and in the effects of resilience and perceived social support on psychological distress among Chinese college students. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in current study. The psychological distress, resilience, and perceived social support of 1400 university students of China were measured using the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, the 10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, and the 12-item Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, respectively. Multiple group analyses were conducted using structural equation modeling to examine the moderating role of gender in the effects of resilience and perceived social support on psychological distress. The prevalence of psychological distress was 90.86%. Female college students reported a higher prevalence of psychological distress (94.07%) than males (89.11%). Among male college students, the resilience was more strongly associated with psychological distress than perceived social support (-0.18 vs.-0.16). In contrast, among female college students, resilience was not significantly related, but perceived social support was closely related with psychological distress (0.01 vs. -0.31). In conclusion, Chinese female college students are more vulnerable to psychological distress than males. Gender moderates the relationships among resilience, perceived social support, and psychological distress.

Prevalence of psychological distress and the effects of resilience and perceived social support among Chinese college students: Does gender make a difference?

The Association Between Social Support and Mental Health Among Vulnerable Adolescents in Five Cities: Findings From the Study of the Well-Being of Adolescents in Vulnerable Environments

Mental health and psychosocial problems among Chinese left-behind children: A cross-sectional comparative study.

Social networking sites and mental health problems in adolescents: The mediating role of cyberbullying victimization

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of severe psychological distress in Chinese adolescents, and to identify the demographic and psychosocial factors associated with psychological distress in this population.Method: A multi-stage stratified sampling procedure was used to select a sample of adolescents (n = 3109) in Heilongjiang Province (Northeast of China), who were aged 13–18 years old. Psychological distress was measured by the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). A K10 score between 22 and 30 was defined as moderate psychological distress; a score of ≥ 31 was defined as severe psychological distress in this study.Results: The rates of moderate and severe psychological distress were 27.9% and 12.2%, respectively in the participants. There were no statistical differences in severe psychological distress by gender. Multivariate analysis showed that family environmental variables, schooling variables, self-perception with life and appearance, perceived health and...

Li Jie Wu

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Psychological distress and its correlates in Chinese adolescents.