US College Student Mental Health and COVID-19: Comparing Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Timepoints

Autor/inn/en	Frazier, Patricia; Liu, Yuchen; Asplund, Alexa; Meredith, Liza; Nguyen-Feng, Viann N.
Titel	US College Student Mental Health and COVID-19: Comparing Pre-Pandemic and Pandemic Timepoints
Quelle	In: Journal of American College Health, 71 (2023) 9, S.2686-2696 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Frazier, Patricia) ORCID (Nguyen-Feng, Viann N.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0744-8481
DOI	10.1080/07448481.2021.1987247
Schlagwörter	Mental Health; Undergraduate Students; COVID-19; Pandemics; Stress Variables; Coping; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Stress Management + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychohygiene; Bewältigung; Angst; Stressmanagement; Stressbewältigung
Abstract	Objective: To assess mental health in US undergraduates during COVID-19; to identify key pandemic-related stressors, perceived control, and coping and their associations with mental health. Participants: Data collected from a sample of undergraduates in April 2020 (N = 312) were compared to data collected in Spring 2017 (N = 362). Methods: Online measures of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms and perceived control and coping (both samples); pandemic-related stressors and perceived benefits (April 2020). Results: Depression and stress symptoms were higher in April 2020 than in 2017. Most students reported perceiving at least some pandemic-related benefits. Top-rated stressors involved missing seeing friends and school-related stressors. Perceived control and approach coping were lower during the pandemic but related to better mental health; avoidant coping was higher during the pandemic and related to poorer mental health. Conclusions: Findings can inform campuses regarding how to improve student mental health during COVID and beyond. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01