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NCT Number: NCT05930652

Cumulative Stress and Mental Health in Young Adults

The goal of this observational study is to learn about the needs of young adults - "policrisis generation", exposed to cumulative stress during 2020-2023, in terms of quality of mental health, the psychosocial resources, protective factors for cumulative stress effect, and the standards for effective prevention. The main questions to be answered are:

* How does cumulative stress affect young adults? * Is there a specific cumulative stress syndrome that can be described? * What are the risk and the protective factors for cumulative stress? * How does the "policrisis generation" deal with the cumulative stress they have been exposed to? Participants will complete psychological questionnaires

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Key information

Conditions

Stress, Psychological Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Cumulative Trauma Mental Health Issue Mental Stress Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being Stress-related Problem

Age range

19 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Behaviour in Crisis Lab, Impact of cumulative stress on the mental health of young people project, Jagiellonian University in Krakow

Krakow, 30-060, Poland

About this study

Background: Epidemiological data are not sufficient to determine the mental health outcomes of exposure to cumulative stress of 2020-2023. Holistic knowledge of risk and protective factors, pathways leading to symptoms (not yet observed), and stress management strategies for the generation living under cumulative stress conditions (pandemic, war, refugee migration, economic crisis) is needed.

Participants: 400 young adults, recruited among university students.

Research methodology: Analysis of data collected by screening questionnaires, psychological scales, and questionnaires, related to mental health conditions.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Age between 19 and 25 years
  • Standard educational opportunities
  • Attending the university course cycle

Exclusion criteria

  • Age below 19
  • Intellectual disability
  • Inability to self-complete the research questionnaires

Treatment and study plan

Psychological tests and psychosocial questionnaires

Diagnostic Test

Assessment of psychological functioning (including well-being, mental health conditions, coping skills), and socio-demographics, academic performance, home, relationships, general health, habits, and attitudes.

Primary outcomes

  1. General Well-being

    Time frame: April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023

    Global Flourishing Study Questionnaire Development Report (GFS). The GFS includes 12 questions that gauge respondents' level of "flourishing" across six domains: (1) happiness and life satisfaction, (2) mental and physical health, (3) meaning and purpose, (4) character and virtue, (5) close social relationships and (6) financial and material stability.

  2. Personality Traits

    Time frame: April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023

    Personality Inventory for ICD-11 (PiCD). The four-factor structure of the Polish version of PiCD consists of three unipolar factors as Negative Affectivity, Detachment, and Dissociality factors, and one bipolar Anankastia vs. Disinhibition factor.

  3. Emotion Regulation

    Time frame: April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023

    The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). It comprises the following dimensions: (1) lack of acceptance of emotional responses, (2) difficulties in realizing goal-directed behaviors, (3) difficulties in controlling impulses, (4) lack of emotional awareness, (5) limited access to emotion regulation strategies, (6) lack of emotional clarity

  4. Meaning in Life

    Time frame: April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023

    Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ). A 10-item questionnaire designed to measure two dimensions of meaning in life: (1) Presence of Meaning (how much respondents feel their lives have meaning), and (2) Search for Meaning (how much respondents strive to find meaning and understanding in their lives).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Authors survey

    Time frame: April 12, 2023 until June 15, 2023

    Survey of socio-demographic data (gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, family, relationships, socio-economic status, place of residence, educational level, habits, attitudes, others)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Bernadetta Izydorczyk

Other

Collaborators

  • Jagiellonian University

Registry information

Official study title

Impact of Cumulative Stress on Mental Health in Young Adults

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jul 5, 2023
Registry last updated
Jul 5, 2023

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