COVID-19 Stress and Resilience: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of First-Year College Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic affected all dimensions of the college experience. Research has explored COVID-19 stress and resilience factors, though this study is generally cross-sectional and lacks pre-pandemic baseline measures. Women and sexual/gender minority (SGM) college students experienced higher levels of COVID-19 stress but the effect on resilience is unknown.

Methods

Analysis of longitudinal survey data on a 2019 cohort of first-year college students attending a large public university in the southeast US (N = 444; average age at baseline 18.9; 67% female). We created a two-factor index of academic- and illness-related COVID-19 stress in June-July 2020 and assessed associations with resilience (as measured by the Brief Resilience Scale, BRS) throughout stude

SUBMITTER: Easterly CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12780661 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature