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Description: This study is part of a broader longitudinal research which analyzes the mental health state of college students during the lengthy Argentina’s quarantine. The aims of this part of the study are two-fold: 1) to analyze differences in mental health state (MHS) both generally (i.e., in terms of psychological well-being/discomfort, social functioning and coping, and psychological distress) and specifically (i.e., in terms of depression, trait-anxiety, negative alcohol-related consequences, and suicidal risk), in college students, residing in provinces from four different regions (north, center, south, and the most populated) of Argentina exposed to different spread-rates of the COVID-19; 2) to analyze between-group differences in both general and specific MHS indicators during four quarantine sub-periods (twice prior, and twice following the first quarantine extension). Published in: López Steinmetz LC, Leyes CA, Dutto Florio MA, Fong SB, López Steinmetz RL and Godoy JC (2021) Mental Health Impacts in Argentinean College Students During COVID-19 Quarantine. Front. Psychiatry 12:557880. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.557880