Stress and Coping Strategies of Hong Kong University Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant challenges to university students in China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. To understand the stress and coping strategies of university students during the pandemic, we conducted focus groups with 56 Hong Kong university students from late December 2022 to mid-January 2023. Thematic analysis using a deductive data analytic approach based on the Transactional Theory of Stress and Coping was applied to form concepts on coping strategies. The findings revealed four major challenges faced by Hong Kong university students, which were the accumulation of negative emotions, health-related anxiety and frequent change in pandemic-related policies, conflict with family members, and challenges in online learning and academic and career

SUBMITTER: Wong T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12470091 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature