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Results of The Covid-19 pandemic and mental health of first-year college students: Examining the effect of Covid-19 stressors using longitudinal data

Though the longitudinal timeline is quite short, only spanning a couple months between data collection waves, the results found were significant. Four main results from the data analysis are

  • Work reductions had no correlations with increases in moderate-severe anxiety or depression except in students that presented moderate-severe anxiety symptoms before the beginning of the pandemic. These symptoms were increased when work reductions were experienced.
  • Students who had difficulties with distance learning “experienced higher rates of moderate-severe anxiety and depression.”
  • There is no correlation between covid-19 related health problems and hospitalizations with a significant increase in symptoms of anxiety or depression
  • Social isolation “significantly and profoundly influenced the risk of moderate-severe anxiety and depression even after controlling for perceptions of social isolation prior to the pandemic”

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Updated 2021-05-23

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