Blue Light and Protection Awareness Among University Students: A Survey Study

The blue light hazards of electronics display screen have been concerned by people, and the corresponding protection of the blue light hazards has become the need of consumers. We took the citizens of Hangzhou as the sample survey object and we got the cognition degree of the citizens of Hangzhou to the harmful blue light and blue light-proof mobile phone membrane with the methods of the questionnaire survey and SPSS data analysis. The results showed that most people were not aware of the dangers of blue light, and many people had more or less certain eye problems. At the same time, the use of blue light-proof mobile phone membrane was not popular. The public still needs to increase their awareness of the dangers of blue light as well as the awareness of blue light prevention.

Factors such as the risk of the spread of infectious diseases, global health crises, and disasters are among the major health and security challenges facing societies. Informed protective measures and effective risk awareness are necessary to cope with these challenges. As young adults, university students represent a significant segment of society, making studies conducted on this group critical for implementing effective measures against infectious disease risks. This study aimed to investigate university students' awareness and prevention behaviors regarding communicable diseases, their perception of disaster risk, and the role of social support networks. The descriptive study was conducted with a total of 372 undergraduate students studying at a university in Türkiye. Data were collected using a sociodemographic characteristics form, the Communicable Disease Risk Awareness and Prevention Scale, the Disaster Risk Perception Scale for University Students, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 27.0, employing independent sample t-tests, one-way ANOVA tests, Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression analysis. The mean age of the university students participating in the study was 21.19±2.08years (min. 18.00-max. 32.00), with 64.5% (n=240) being female. Participants generally exhibited high levels of awareness and preventive behaviors regarding communicable diseases. Significant contributors to awareness included gender (β=9.51, p<0.05), increased disaster risk perception (β=8.80, p<0.01), obtaining information from health organization websites (β=7.90, p<0.01), preparing an emergency kit (β=5.56, p<0.05), and obtaining information from news websites (β=4.81, p<0.05). It was found that an increase in perceived social support positively impacted students' awareness and prevention levels (β=0.48, p<0.01). Additionally, an increase in disaster risk perception was positively correlated with communicable disease risk awareness (β=0.01, p<0.05). The study concludes that robust social support networks enhance students' health awareness and protective health behaviors. Universities should organize educational programs and drills to increase student disaster awareness and preparedness. Such training will help students better prepare for and effectively cope with disaster situations.

BackgroundMental health problems have been shown to be highly prevalent among university students with symptoms of stress, depression and anxiety exerting a substantial negative impact. Factors such as gender and social support have been considered important factors for mental and self-rated health. The present study aims to report on the mental and self-rated health of students at two universities within the Berlin-Potsdam metropolitan area (Germany) and to investigate potential associations between social support, self-rated health and depressive symptoms in these two samples.MethodsStudents from two universities and different faculties participated in an online-survey reporting on their self-rated health, depressive symptoms and social support. To analyse differences between the two samples we conducted chi square tests for categorical variables, t-tests for continuous variables and Mann-Whitney U tests for non-normally distributed continuous variables. We employed multivariate linear regression models for the two samples separately to investigate the association of the two health indicators with social support while accounting for relationship status, living situation (living alone yes/no) and gender.Results31% of students (27–36% in the two samples) reported depressive symptoms above the clinically relevant threshold. Increased depressive symptoms (β=-0.317, p <.001; β=-0.326, p <.001) and lower overall health (β = 0.222, p =.003; β = 0.176, p =.008) were associated with fewer social support in both samples. Female gender was associated with higher depressive symptoms (β = 0.207, p <.001) and lower overall health (β=-0.231, p <.001) in only one of the samples, while gender did not have a significant effect in the other sample. Relationship status and living situation were not found to have a significant effect.ConclusionsWith roughly a third of students reporting depressive symptoms at both study sites, our data supports the notion that mental health difficulties are a critically relevant topic in the university context. The association of social support with depressive symptoms and overall health in both samples with evidence for gender-specific effects underline the importance of considering social and gender aspects when understanding university student mental health in this particular phase. Our findings contribute to the understanding of relevant factors with the potential to positively impact university students’ mental health.

Objective: To detect differences in attitudes towards psychiatric illness, regarding its nature, cause, different ways of therapy, possibility of cure and the effect on the society in two areas from different socioeconomic classes in Egypt. Method: A survey study using self administered questionnaire, to detect culture differences between students of Cairo and Beni Suef universities “Beni Suef is one of upper Egypt governorates”. All participating students were subjected to Familial Socioeconomic status scale, Beliefs about Psychiatric Illness in the Arab Culture Scale. Results: 69.8% students were females. The majority of Cairo University students were from higher socioeconomic classes (average 41% and above average 32.5%). However, the majority of Beni Suef University students were form low and below average class (13.6%, 49% respectively). Cairo University students showed higher positive attitude regarding Beliefs about Psychiatric Illness including the nature of psychiatric illness, psychiatric etiology, psychiatric management, psychiatric cure, and effect on the family than Beni Suef University students (p&lt;.001). Females in both groups showed lower positive attitude on Attitudes Towards Psychiatric Illness in the Arab Culture Scale than males (P &lt;.001). Conclusion: Beliefs about mental illness are highly affected by low socioeconomic status, upbringing way and beliefs in Egypt. Public education about psychiatric illnesses is highly beneficial for mental and public health professionals.

With investment risk perception acting as a mediator, the study examines how Islamic investment literacy and investment desire affect factors influencing Islamic investment decision-making among Generation Z university students in Surakarta. 150 enrolled students aged 18 to 27 were administered questionnaires as part of this study's quantitative research design and survey methodology. Using SmartPLS software, the data were next examined using Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings show that students' decisions about Islamic investments are positively and statistically significantly impacted by Islamic investment knowledge. Likewise, investment motivation was found to influence Islamic investment decision-making positively. Moreover, risk perception functions as a significant mediating mechanism through which Islamic investment literacy and investment motivation influence Islamic investment decision-making. The originality of this research lies in integrating Islamic investment literacy and investment motivation within a unified structural framework that explicitly positions risk perception as a mediating factor among Generation Z students, a group that has received limited attention in previous Islamic investment research. While earlier studies mainly focused on direct relationships, this research provides empirical evidence of the indirect pathways through which literacy and motivation shape investment decisions via perceived risk. From a theoretical perspective, this study contributes by proposing an extended behavioral model of Islamic investment decision-making that incorporates cognitive, motivational, and risk perception dimensions. In practice, the results have important implications for educational institutions and financial regulators in formulating targeted literacy initiatives and policy strategies to increase Islamic investment participation among younger generations in alignment with Islamic values.

Basic purpose of this survey studies was to check awareness level about color blindness among university students. Color blindness is color vision deficiency (CVD), which occurs due to genetic disorder in specialized cell of eye. Patients suffering with color blindness are unable to differentiate between certain colors like red, green and blue. Red-green deficiency is common among all patients. A questionnaire was prepared to estimate awareness of university students about color blindness. It is concluded from this survey studies that mostly students are unaware about etiology and recent treatments of color blindness.

Existing research acknowledges the proliferation of mobile devices in society, but very few studies have sought to understand the demographics of the students who actually utilize mobile technology for their learning needs. Despite the pervasiveness and attention given to m-learning, there is still a lot of unknowns about how to integrate mobile technology into learning practices. Therefore, this paper describes an exploratory survey study that examined U.S. college and university students’ responses to collect data about current mobile technology use. Novel to this study, gaining a clearer picture of mobile technology from students, educators and researchers can better apply m-learning to target desired learning behaviors and outcomes. Results suggest students have access to many mobile devices, however, they tend to be very selective in what device they choose to use for their learning. The findings indicate that their use of mobile technology is highly dependent upon the characteristics of the learning activity they are engaging in, and the subject matter. Students also reported mobile devices having a positive impact on their learning for quick, just-in-time learning activities.

Exchanging sex for financial compensation is thought to be underreported primarily because extant studies (1) use a single item to capture a complex, stigmatized phenomenon, and (2) do not capture the complex types or reasons why people engage in the sex trades. Few survey studies have explored the sex trades among university students. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of a newly developed measure, the Sexual Services Acts and Materials for Pay (SSAMP), among university students. Surveys were administered to undergraduate (N = 544, time 1; N = 362, time 2) and graduate (N = 331, time 1; N = 187, time 2) students two weeks apart at a predominantly White, public, Midwestern university. Findings suggested that our index had (1) strong convergent validity with the single item used in prior studies, (2) identified more cases of sex trading than the single item, (3) good internal consistency reliability (4) moderate to strong test-retest reliability, and (5) strong discriminant validity. Exploratory factor analysis revealed that items loaded above .59 on a single factor. To our knowledge, this study is the first to evaluate a multi-item sex trades measure in the U.S. Future research should continue to advance the SSAMP and adapt this index to provide credible estimates and nuanced understanding of the sex trades across contexts.

The study focused on how students in universities in Nigeria, particularly students studying agriculture rationed their time between social networking and studying. The study reported the social networking and studying patterns among students and the frequent activities they engage in while on social networks. The survey study had a population of 2052 and a sample of 996 respondents. Findings of the study revealed competitive patterns of social networking and study periods, the average hours spent daily and the most preferred time for studying and social networking as influenced by gender, location and religion. Findings further revealed that students are inclined to using social networks for non-academic purposes. The study recommended the adoption of social networks in pedagogy to balance students’ socialising time with e-studying.

The deterioration in the number of school students who are interested in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) stream is seen as a problem that needs to be addressed quickly to ensure the country's aspiration to become a successful nation. As such, the aim of this study is to assess the level of response by school students as a result of implementation of Kembara Sains: Chem-E-Car (KEMia) STEM module in schools in order to encourage students to venture in science stream. This KEMia STEM module is based on student co-curricular activities in the Chemical Engineering Program, namely the Chem-E-Car competition. This Kembara Sains: This KEMia STEM module provides competition concept that gives students in school the opportunity to develop a car model that could be operated and mechanically moved by using power generated from chemical reactions. This KEMia STEM module could be a platform to test the school student's capability and creativity together with Chemical Engineering students in university who acted as facilitators in order to attract the student's interest to involve in STEM. This module also focuses on CDIO (Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate) learning concept and enhances soft skills among the students and facilitators. Survey studies were also conducted to obtain student feedback on the programs being implemented. Overall, the program had a positive impact on students in schools across Malaysia with six KEMia activities being conducted at the school level and the feedback survey has found that about 86% of students found the program interesting.

Aims Short-wavelength blue light damaged retina by the oxidative stress in the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Filtering blue light from screen could reduce blue hazard, whereas it inevitably altered color-gamut coverage and color-deviation level. Although abnormal fundus-vascular density (FVD) sometimes indicated fundus disease, few researchers noticed its responses to the variation of color-gamut coverage and color-deviation level. Methods In this study, we performed cellular experiments and analyzed the RPE cell viabilities (CVs) in spectrums with different blue (455-475 nm) ratios to describe the corresponding oxidative-stress levels. Further, we investigated the effects of color-gamut and deviation on FVD variations during the screen-watching task using human factor experiments with 30 participants (university students, including 17 males and 13 females, 21 to 30 years old). Results RPE CVs were similar in different spectrums, implying that non-oxidative blue filtering hardly contributed to CV improvement. Color-deviation level seems to induce more significant effects on the visual function compared to color-gamut coverage, and MTF and FVD presents similar variation trends during the visual task. Conclusion Oxidative-free blue filtering contributed little to decrease retinal oxidative stress yet caused color-deviation increase, which caused significant FVD reduction.

BackgroundCOVID-19 is a highly contagious and highly pathogenic disease caused by a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and it has become a pandemic. As a vulnerable population, university students are at high risk during the epidemic, as they have high mobility and often overlook the severity of the disease because they receive incomplete information about the epidemic. In addition to the risk of death from infection, the epidemic has placed substantial psychological pressure on the public. In this respect, university students are more prone to psychological problems induced by the epidemic compared to the general population because for most students, university life is their first time outside the structure of the family, and their mental development is still immature. Internal and external expectations and academic stress lead to excessive pressure on students, and unhealthy lifestyles also deteriorate their mental health. The outbreak of COVID-19 was a significant social event, and it could potentially have a great impact on the life and the mental health of university students. Therefore, it is of importance to investigate university students’ mental health status during the outbreak of COVID-19.ObjectiveThe principal objective of this study was to investigate the influencing factors of the psychological responses of Chinese university students during the COVID-19 outbreak.MethodsThis study used data from a survey conducted in China between February 21 and 24, 2020, and the data set contains demographic information and psychological measures including the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, the Self-Rating Depression Scale, and the compulsive behaviors portion of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale. A total of 2284 questionnaires were returned, and 2270 of them were valid and were used for analysis. The Mann-Whitney U test for two independent samples and binary logistic regression models were used for statistical analysis.ResultsOur study surveyed 563 medical students and 1707 nonmedical students. Among them, 251/2270 students (11.06%) had mental health issues. The results showed that contact history of similar infectious disease (odds ratio [OR] 3.363, P=.02), past medical history (OR 3.282, P<.001), and compulsive behaviors (OR 3.525, P<.001) contributed to the risk of mental health issues. Older students (OR 0.928, P=.02), regular daily life during the epidemic outbreak (OR 0.410, P<.001), exercise during the epidemic outbreak (OR 0.456, P<.001), and concern related to COVID-19 (OR 0.638, P=.002) were protective factors for mental health issues.ConclusionsAccording to the study results, mental health issues have seriously affected university students, and our results are beneficial for identifying groups of university students who are at risk for possible mental health issues so that universities and families can prevent or intervene in the development of potential mental health issues at the early stage of their development.

Genetic modification (GM) technology is a technology that changes the characteristics of species through changing the genes of species. Public attitudes toward GM technology have an important impact on the technology’s development. Previous surveys conducted in China used to assess public attitudes toward GM have mostly focused on the explicit level, which is recognized and acknowledged through the self-report method. However, the corresponding research on the implicit level is still lacking, which is unconscious and automated. The public attitudes toward the complete concept of GM are still unclear. In order to fill this gap, this study uses a questionnaire survey (Study 1), and interaction verification of the SC-IAT paradigm and the GNAT paradigm (Study 2) to investigate the explicit and implicit attitudes of Chinese university students towards GM. The role of education level is also examined in this study. The results show that the explicit attitudes of Chinese university students towards GM are generally positive, and the main effect of education level is significant. Finally, the mediating effect of the cognitive level between education level and explicit GM attitude is significant. However, the implicit GM attitudes of university students are generally negative, and neither the main effect of education level nor the mediating effect of cognition level is significant. University students as the future consumers and an important part of public opinion, their attitude to GM will affect the development of GM technology to a large extent. This study provides a theoretical basis for improving Chinese university students’ attitudes toward GM, and also provides new research ideas for the public view of GM.

English learning is often influenced by several aspects such as attitude and motivation. In fact, not all the students from the English Education Department have a positive attitude and motivation toward the major they are studying. While many studies have been conducted on attitude and motivation among secondary and university students, rarely have we seen a similar study for English Education Department students. Therefore, this study aims to determine English Education students’ attitudes and motivation in learning English. This was a survey study with 183 students participating in this study. This study used a modified version of AMTB (Attitude and Motivation Test Battery) from Gardner to collect the data. The recent version was adapted from Imsa-Ard (2020). There were 34 questions; the questionnaire was divided into five aspects (i.e., personal, emotional, educational, professional, and parental). The data were then analyzed by using SPSS and Microsoft Excel. The results show that English Education students have a positive attitude and motivation toward English. The overall results revealed that the English Education students in this study are highly motivated in the professional aspect. This implied that the professional atmosphere in these institutions should be maintained as it could boost students’ attitudes and motivation.

This study focuses on understanding constraints on leisure time physical activity (LTPA) on a university campus. The survey study was conducted with public university students (n=563) living in dormitories. The 38-item, 8-dimension Leisure Time Physical Activity Constraints (LTPA-C) Scale was used to investigate factors limiting LTPA. Age, gender, working status (i.e. part-time, non-working), program type (i.e. morning education, evening education), relationship status (i.e. in a relationship, not in a relationship), monthly expenses and body mass index (BMI) category (i.e. underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese) are key variables believed to affect LTPA-C. An initial confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to validate the structure of the scale, and frequency analysis, Pearson's Correlation and t-tests were conducted to analyze the survey responses. Results showed the hierarchy of constraints for males (from high to low) to be as follows: society, income, time, facility, willpower, skill perception, family, body perception. The hierarchy was nearly identical for females, except 'willpower' was found to be a greater constraint than 'facility'; moreover, the differences in the rates at which males and females perceived 'facility' and 'willpower' to be constraints were statistically significant.The study findings indicate that by taking steps to improve the infrastructure of university campus facilities and organize group activities, university management can provide motivation and social support that can help to increase university student participation in LTPA.