ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Fear and Coping in Students during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Combined Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study.
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- Fear of COVID-19 Among College Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- A cross-sectional survey on COVID-19 phobia and its influencing factors among undergraduate nursing students.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Biobehavioral approach to distinguishing panic symptoms from medical illness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Interoceptive anxiety-related processes: Importance for understanding COVID-19 and future pandemic mental health and addictive behaviors and their comorbidity.Behaviour research and therapy · 2022Review
- Longitudinal changes in fear and anxiety among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a one-year follow-up study.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- A cross-sectional study about coronavirus fear of Chinese college students in school lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.Heliyon · 2022Review
- College Students' Opinions About Coping Strategies for Mental Health Problems, Suicide Ideation, and Self-Harm During COVID-19.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Anxiety, Worry, Life Satisfaction and Coping During the Acute VS Prolonged Pandemic Stress: Evidence From a Repeated Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of public health · 2022Article
- College students' underlying perceptions of COVID-19 threat, healthcare discrimination, and healthcare system inequities associated with self-rated health across racial/ethnic groups in the U.S.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Boosting nitric oxide in stress and respiratory infection: Potential relevance for asthma and COVID-19.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2021Review
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Abstract
The overwhelming impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been experienced by individuals across the world. Additional circumstances unique to students affected their studies during the early stages of the pandemic, with changes in living and studying mid-semester. The current study aimed to investigate predictors of fear of COVID-19 in college students during this acute phase using cross-sectional and longitudinal samples. In total, 175 undergraduate students completed an online questionnaire in the spring 2020 semester following lockdown. A subset of 58 students completed a separate survey in fall 2019, which served as a baseline. For the cross-sectional sample, pre-COVID-19 and current living situations did not predict COVID-19 fears. However, a propensity to experience panic was significantly associated with greater COVID-19 fears. How students coped with the pandemic was not associated with COVID-19 fears, although a greater propensity to use denial as a coping style tended to be related to greater COVID-19 fears. In the longitudinal subsample, students showed decreased positive mood and social stress load while depressive mood increased after lockdown. Their preferred coping styles changed, utilizing more self-distraction and acceptance, and less self-blame and substance use. Findings reflect both positive and negative consequences of the pandemic. The unique changes in students' lifestyles will need to be met by tailored interventions.
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