PMID- 35873261
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230916
IS  - 1664-0640 (Print)
IS  - 1664-0640 (Electronic)
IS  - 1664-0640 (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2022
TI  - Need Satisfaction and Depressive Symptoms Among University Students in Hong Kong 
      During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Moderating Effects of Positive Youth Development 
      Attributes.
PG  - 931404
LID - 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.931404 [doi]
LID - 931404
AB  - As studies on the mental health status of university students during the COVID-19 
      pandemic are almost non-existent in Hong Kong, we examined four research 
      questions in this paper: What is the prevalence of depressive symptoms in 
      university students in Hong Kong? What are the socio-demographic correlates of 
      depressive symptoms? Do need satisfaction and positive youth development (PYD) 
      attributes, including beliefs about adversity, psychosocial competence 
      (resilience and emotional competence) and family functioning predict depression? 
      Do PYD attributes moderate the predictive effect of need satisfaction on 
      depression? We examined the above research questions using the Centre for 
      Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R) in 1,648 university 
      students in Hong Kong. For PYD attributes, we utilized validated measures of 
      Chinese beliefs about adversity, psychosocial competence (resilience and 
      emotional competence), and family functioning. For need satisfaction, we used a 
      measure derived from two focus group interviews involving university students. 
      Results showed that 48.4% of the respondents (95% confidence interval = [45.9%, 
      51.1%]) scored 16 or above (i.e., "at-risk" for clinical depression). As 
      predicted, age, gender, student status (local vs. international), and family 
      financial hardship were significant socio-demographic correlates of depressive 
      symptoms. Besides, need satisfaction and PYD attributes negatively predicted 
      depression scores. Finally, multiple regression analyses controlling for gender, 
      age, and student status as covariates showed that all PYD attributes moderated 
      the impact of need satisfaction on depression. The findings reinforce the 
      theoretical proposition that PYD attributes serve as important factors in 
      protecting the mental health of university students during the pandemic.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Shek, Dou, Zhu, Wong and Tan.
FAU - Shek, Daniel T L
AU  - Shek DTL
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong 
      Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Dou, Diya
AU  - Dou D
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong 
      Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Zhu, Xiaoqin
AU  - Zhu X
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong 
      Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Wong, Tingyin
AU  - Wong T
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong 
      Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Tan, Lindan
AU  - Tan L
AD  - Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong 
      Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220707
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Front Psychiatry
JT  - Frontiers in psychiatry
JID - 101545006
PMC - PMC9300911
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - beliefs about adversity
OT  - depression
OT  - family functioning
OT  - positive youth development
OT  - psychosocial competence
COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any 
      commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential 
      conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/07/26 06:00
MHDA- 2022/07/26 06:01
PMCR- 2022/07/07
CRDT- 2022/07/25 03:33
PHST- 2022/04/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/06/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/07/25 03:33 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/07/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/07/26 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/07/07 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.931404 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jul 7;13:931404. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.931404. 
      eCollection 2022.