Investigation on loneliness and negative emotional symptoms among first-generation college students in the family
Objective To investigate the current status and relationship between loneliness and negative emotional symptoms a-mong first-generation college students in the family,so as to provide reference for improving mental health of this population.Meth-ods A convenience sampling method was used to select 3 017 college students from 10 colleges and universities in Guangdong Province and Yunnan Province,China,in May 2023.Questionnaires were administered to the students,and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale(DASS-21)and the short-form of the University of California at Los Angeles Loneliness Scale(ULS-6)were em-ployed.Results The total ULS-6 score of first-generation college students in the family was(12.38±4.16),while the score of non-first-generation college students in the family was(11.89±4.38),with a statistically significant difference(t=2.79,P＜0.05).The total DASS-21 score of first-generation college students in the family was(71.13±26.97),while the score of non-first-genera-tion college students in the family was(70.20±26.66),with a statistically significant difference(t=2.69,P＜0.05).Among the first-generation college students in the family,male students experienced more DASS-21 score(77.55±29.36)than female students(70.43±25.03)(t=5.79,P＜0.05).Urban students(12.00±4.15,70.34±25.68)reported lower levels of loneliness score and DASS-21 score than rural students(12.62±4.15,74.93±27.63),and the depression subscale scores showed statistically significant differences among students with different professional achievement rankings(t/F=-3.42,-3.94,4.25,P＜0.05).There was a pos-itive correlation between loneliness,depression,anxiety,pressure and DASS-21 scales of first-generation college students in the family(r=0.64,0.62,0.64,0.66,P＜0.01).The linear regression analysis results showed a positive correlation between loneliness and all dimensions and total scores of the DASS-21,explaining 44％of the variance in negative emotional symptoms.Conclusions A positive correlation is found between loneliness and negative emotional symptoms among first-generation college students in the family.Improving the loneliness of the first-generation college students in the family can reduce their negative emotional symptoms and improve their mental health level.
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