Publication date: Sep 20, 2025
The disruption of students’ social and academic environments during the COVID-19 pandemic indicates potential long-term effects on student mental wellbeing. This study examines differences and associations in mental wellbeing, academic stressors, coping strategies, and social network satisfaction among full-time students during the second lockdown (2020) and two years after the final lockdown (2023) in the Netherlands. Using a repeated cross-sectional design, validated questionnaires were completed by 877 students in 2020 and 497 in 2023. Mental wellbeing was slightly lower in 2023 (M = 46. 73) than in 2020 (M = 48. 55), with a significant effect of time (B = -1. 75, p
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Academic | Coping strategies |
| Netherlands | COVID-19 pandemic |
| Pandemic | Post-pandemic period |
| Wellbeing | Student mental wellbeing |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
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