The effects of outdoor air pollution on University students’ mental health: a within-group repeated-measures study
Erkan Durar, Serap Yildirim · 2026
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Erkan Durar and Serap Yildirim ask whether dirty outdoor air affects the mental health of university students in Türkiye. Their 2026 repeated-measures study followed 365 students at a university in a region with poor air quality during the 2023 to 2024 academic year. Students completed a standard symptom inventory once when pollution was moderate and again when it was unhealthy.
Depression scores, anxiety scores, and overall distress were all higher at the second measurement, when the air had worsened. Each difference reached statistical significance. The authors conclude that periods of unhealthy air coincided with measurably worse student mental health on campus. Longer follow-up work is still needed to show whether the effect fades when air clears or builds with repeated exposure.
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| CREATOR | Erkan Durar, Serap Yildirim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38283 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |