Associations Between Social Capital and Depressive Symptoms Among College Students in 12 Countries: Results of a Cross-National Study

Frontiers in Psychology

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Insa Backhaus¹  Po-Hsiu Lin³  Soong-nang Jang⁴  Luciana Zaranza Monteiro⁵  Ali Al-Shamli⁷  Giuseppe La Torre¹  Ichiro Kawachi²  Andrea Ramirez Varela⁸  Selina Khoo⁹  Katja Siefken^1,10  Alyson Crozier^1,10  Edvaldo Begotaraj^1,12  Florian Fischer^1,13  Jascha Wiehn^1,13  Beth A. Lanning^1,16 

[1] Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome;Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States;Graduate Institute of Sports, Leisure and Hospitality Management, National Taiwan Normal University;Red Cross College of Nursing, Chung-Ang University;Departamento de Enfermagem;Departamento de Educação Física e Fisioterapia;Department of Physical Education, Sohar University;School of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes;Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Malaya;Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Physical Activity, University of South Australia;Faculty of Health Science, MSH Medical School Hamburg;Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome;School of Public Health, Bielefeld University;Institute of Gerontological Health Services and Nursing Research, Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences;Institute of Public Health, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin;Department of Public Health, Baylor University, United States

关键词: social determinants of health;    social capital;    mental health;    depressive symptoms;    university students;    multilevel analysis;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00644

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Introduction A mental health crisis has hit university campuses across the world. This study sought to determine the prevalence and social determinants of depressive symptoms among university students in twelve countries. Particular focus was placed on the association between social capital and depressive symptoms.

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