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Gender differences in mental health, academic life satisfaction and psychological vulnerability in a sample of college freshmen: a cross-sectional study

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dc.contributor.authorNogueira, Maria
dc.contributor.authorSequeira, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSampaio, Francisco
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-23T15:16:35Z
dc.date.available2022-09-01T00:30:24Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.description.abstractGender differences among undergraduates are mainly found in the prevalence of common mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, somatic complaints, and sexual violence. However, there is a lack of information in the literature about gender differences in academic life satisfaction and psychological vulnerability among freshmen. Thus, this study aimed to identify gender differences in demographics, mental health, academic life satisfaction, and psychological vulnerability of freshmen. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 560 Portuguese freshmen. An online survey was used to collect data in all 29 Lisbon District colleges. Data were collected through a demographic and academic data questionnaire, the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-38), the Academic Life Satisfaction Scale (ALLS), the Psychological Vulnerability Scale (PVS), and a question to assess students’ perception of their vulnerability. We found significant gender-related differences (p < .05) in all subscales of MHI-38, the ALLS-Personal Satisfaction subscale, and the self-perception of vulnerability. Overall, freshmen women presented worse scores in all subscales of MHI-38, in ALLS-Personal Satisfaction subscale, and a higher self-perception of vulnerability. These findings emphasize the need to design and implement mental health promotion activities, mainly focused on the needs of freshmen women, in colleges.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09589236.2021.1979945pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10284/10259
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherTaylor & Francispt_PT
dc.subjectAcademic life satisfactionpt_PT
dc.subjectFreshmenpt_PT
dc.subjectGenderpt_PT
dc.subjectMental healthpt_PT
dc.subjectVulnerabilitypt_PT
dc.titleGender differences in mental health, academic life satisfaction and psychological vulnerability in a sample of college freshmen: a cross-sectional studypt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleJournal of Gender Studiespt_PT
person.familyNameNogueira
person.familyNameCruz Sequeira
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person.givenNameMaria José
person.givenNameCarlos Alberto
person.givenNameFrancisco
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