- Participants in the current study were recruited through social media, through groups of undergraduate students created for general and academic communication (specifically through the platforms Facebook and WhatsApp).
- The average completion time of the survey was approximately 10-15 minutes.

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Sections:
- Design, Sample, and Setting
- Data Collection
- Procedure

Psychosocial Effects and Coping during COVID-19: Methods

Ahmed Hashem El-Monshed, Ahmed Anwer El-Adl, Ahmed Salah Ali & Ahmed Loutfy (2021) University students under lockdown, the psychosocial effects and coping strategies during COVID-19 pandemic: A cross sectional study in Egypt, Journal of American College Health, DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1891086

University students under lockdown, the psychosocial effects and coping strategies during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross sectional study in Egypt

- This was a cross-sectional study using an internet-based self-administered questionnaire.
- In total, 612 undergraduate students (M=234, F=378), within the age range of 18-25, were recruited from the Mansoura University.

Psychosocial Effects and Coping during COVID-19: Design, Sample, and Setting

- Data was collected anonymously through an online questionnaire created using Google Forms.
- The questionnaire collected information on demographics, as well as COVID-19 specific questions such as if they have had a close person become infected with or pass away due to COVID-19.
- The second section of the form utilized two instruments: The University of California Los Angeles (ICLA) Loneliness Scale, and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21), which measured feelings of emotional and social loneliness, as well as feelings of depression, anxiety, and stress felt in the previous week.
- The third section of the form measured coping strategies used by students during the COVID-19 pandemic, using the Brief COPE scale, which measured utilization of problem-focused coping strategies, emotion-focused coping strategies, and dysfunctional coping strategies.

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