Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak

The COVID-19 situation had a major impact on the mental health of the general population and even more so on university medical students who had to quickly adapt to the situation. The aim of the study was to examine risk and protective factors related to depression, and anxiety in a group of Spanish...

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Autores: Sánchez-Teruel, David, Sarhani-Robles, Aziz, Sarhani-Robles, Mariam, Lendínez-Rodríguez, Cristina, Robles-Bello , María Auxiliadora
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Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Jaén
Repositorio:RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaén
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Mental health
Resilience
University medicine students
Psychological impact
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spelling Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreakSánchez-Teruel, DavidSarhani-Robles, AzizSarhani-Robles, MariamLendínez-Rodríguez, CristinaRobles-Bello , María AuxiliadoraCOVID-19Mental healthResilienceUniversity medicine studentsPsychological impactQ1The COVID-19 situation had a major impact on the mental health of the general population and even more so on university medical students who had to quickly adapt to the situation. The aim of the study was to examine risk and protective factors related to depression, and anxiety in a group of Spanish medical students at two different timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applying a longitudinal design, participants (N = 472; 62.7% female; aged 18–29, mean 23.3 years, SD = 4.2) completed surveys during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results confirmed all of the hypothesized models explaining the impact of protective factors on levels of depression and anxiety. In addition, self-efficacy, dispositional optimism and emotional intelligence were found to have positive, statistically significant relationships with resilience and inverse relationships with depression and anxiety. However, different predictive variables for promoting resilience were found depending on the type of adverse situation experienced at each timepoint during the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasingly pressing need for psychological assistance for university students is discussed, and various university strategies for psychosocial prevention and intervention based on protective factors are offered to minimize the effects of exposure to negative situations, considering the type and level of adversity.Springer202620262026info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-025-08923-4https://hdl.handle.net/10953/7272reponame:RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaéninstname:Universidad de JaénInglésCurrent Psychology (2026); 45:255Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ruja.ujaen.es:10953/72722026-06-24T12:41:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak
title Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak
spellingShingle Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak
Sánchez-Teruel, David
COVID-19
Mental health
Resilience
University medicine students
Psychological impact
Q1
title_short Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak
title_full Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak
title_fullStr Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak
title_full_unstemmed Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak
title_sort Resilience and mood disorder risk factors in Spanish medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sánchez-Teruel, David
Sarhani-Robles, Aziz
Sarhani-Robles, Mariam
Lendínez-Rodríguez, Cristina
Robles-Bello , María Auxiliadora
author Sánchez-Teruel, David
author_facet Sánchez-Teruel, David
Sarhani-Robles, Aziz
Sarhani-Robles, Mariam
Lendínez-Rodríguez, Cristina
Robles-Bello , María Auxiliadora
author_role author
author2 Sarhani-Robles, Aziz
Sarhani-Robles, Mariam
Lendínez-Rodríguez, Cristina
Robles-Bello , María Auxiliadora
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
Mental health
Resilience
University medicine students
Psychological impact
Q1
topic COVID-19
Mental health
Resilience
University medicine students
Psychological impact
Q1
description The COVID-19 situation had a major impact on the mental health of the general population and even more so on university medical students who had to quickly adapt to the situation. The aim of the study was to examine risk and protective factors related to depression, and anxiety in a group of Spanish medical students at two different timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic. Applying a longitudinal design, participants (N = 472; 62.7% female; aged 18–29, mean 23.3 years, SD = 4.2) completed surveys during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results confirmed all of the hypothesized models explaining the impact of protective factors on levels of depression and anxiety. In addition, self-efficacy, dispositional optimism and emotional intelligence were found to have positive, statistically significant relationships with resilience and inverse relationships with depression and anxiety. However, different predictive variables for promoting resilience were found depending on the type of adverse situation experienced at each timepoint during the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasingly pressing need for psychological assistance for university students is discussed, and various university strategies for psychosocial prevention and intervention based on protective factors are offered to minimize the effects of exposure to negative situations, considering the type and level of adversity.
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