Everyday Discrimination and Trajectories of Transdiagnostic Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety among Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Everyday discrimination is a stressor associated with adverse mental health outcomes. The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted marginalized communities and exacerbated vulnerability to worse mental health outcomes among these groups. However, the effects of discrimination on psychopathology during the pandemic have yet to be comprehensively explored. The present study examined the impact of everyday discrimination on shared and specific symptoms of anxiety and depression (i.e., Anhedonia-Apprehension, Fears, and General Distress) in early stages of the pandemic among young adults (N = 129). Results demonstrated that higher pre-pandemic everyday discrimination predicted less change in General Distress and Anhedonia-Apprehension from pre-COVID to the first COVID timepoint, bu

SUBMITTER: Yarrington JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12530472 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature