Coronavirus anxiety and the mental health in university students

• Autores: Vivanco-Vidal, Andrea, Saroli-Araníbar, Daniela, Caycho-Rodríguez, Tomás, Carbajal-León, Carlos, Noé-Grijalva, Martín
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revista UNMSM - Revista de Investigación en Psicología
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/19241
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/psico/article/view/19241
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Anxiety; Mental health; University students; COVID – 19; Ansiedad; Salud mental; Universitarios

The objective of the present study is to determine the relationship between anxiety by Covid - 19 and mental health in 356 university students (227 women and 129 men, average age = 22.36 years, Standard Deviation = 2.46). It also has as specific objectives to compare the anxiety by Covid - 19 and mental health according to sociodemographic variables. To whom it was applied the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale in Spanish and the Mental Health Inventory-5 (MHI). The study confirms that there is a statistically significant correlation between anxiety by Covid – 19 and mental health (ρ = −.67, p <.01). Also, regarding the comparisons made statistically significant differences are evidenced according to the variables sociodemographic previously mentioned. The study confirms that the more anxiety by Covid - 19 the lower mental health in a sample of Peruvians university students.