COVID-19 German Student Well-being Study (C19 GSWS)

<p><strong>COVID-19 German Student Well-being Study (C19 GSWS)</strong></p> <p>Following the COVID-19 International Student Well-being Study (C19 ISWS; survey phase: May 13^th, 2020 to May 29^th, 2020 in 27 European countries coordinated by the University of Antwerp), well-being of university students during the COVID-19 pandemic continued to be &nbsp;the focus of the collaborative COVID-19 German Student Well-being Study (C19 GSWS) which was conducted at five universities in Germany.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The five German universities taking part in the study were the Charit&eacute; &ndash; Universit&auml;tsmedizin Berlin (PI: Prof. Christiane Stock), the University of Bremen (PI: Dr. Heide Busse), Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf (PI: Prof. Claudia Pischke), University of Siegen (PI: Prof. Claus Wendt) and Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (PI: Prof. Rafael Mikolajczyk).</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The following research questions were addressed:</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>- How did university students&#39; (physical and socioeconomic) living conditions and academic workload change during the COVID-19 pandemic?</p> <p>- How were living and study conditions associated with mental health outcomes among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic?</p> <p>- How were living conditions and academic workload associated with health behaviours (e.g., substance use) among university students during the pandemic?</p> <p>- Which attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination and determinants of vaccination behavior were prevalent r among university students?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>To answer the research questions, an online survey among university students was conducted at all participating universities from October 27^th, 2021 to November 14^th, 2021. The resulting data allow for a description of living conditions, as well as well-being, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in German university student populations.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Information about C19 ISWS on Zenodo:</p> <p>https://zenodo.org/communities/c19-isws/?page=1&amp;size=20</p>