Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected mental health worldwide and college students were particularly vulnerable to its adverse effects. This longitudinal study was designed to highlight and compare the COVID experiences of college students in Argentina and the USA (N = 361). Specifically, we examined individual factors (gender, emotional regulation, and social support) assessed prior to the pandemic for their role as predictors or moderators of COVID-fear and psychological stress during the first months of the pandemic. The results supported measurement invariance for brief measures of COVID-fear and indicated that, overall, COVID-fear was highest during the second wave of the study (March-April 2020), lowest during the third wave (June 2020), and then rose again during the fourth wave

SUBMITTER: Rice KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10418435 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature