COVID-19 on College Student Mental Health and Wellness: COVID Survey Results
600 students completed the COVID survey at the end of the semester (88.9% of the students who took the survey at the beginning of the spring semester).
•68.4% of students did not feel confident about the government response to COVID. Older first year students and students in the wellness program were more likely to feel confident.
•86.3% felt hopeful for the resolution of COVID. This did not seem to differ between gender, ethnicity, SSS, or involvement in the wellness program.
•95.8% of students reported that they follow the government rules and suggestions regarding the pandemic. Female students were more likely to report compliance compared to male students (96.5% vs. 93.3%)
•75.2% felt these rules and suggestions were easy to follow. There did not seem to be any difference in these responses between gender, ethnicity, SSS, or membership in the wellness program.
•23.8% had people in their lives who have had COVID, and 2.4% knew someone who had died of COVID. The likelihood did not differ between identities or groups of students.
•With a 10-point scale measuring how disruptive students felt COVID has been on their lives (from not disruptive to extremely disruptive), there was a mean of 7.8, and 87.3% rated a 6 or higher. The reported level of disruption was higher for younger first year students and students who weren’t involved in the wellness program.

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