College students' stress and health in the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of academic workload, separation from school, and fears of contagion.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has unhinged the lives of people across the globe. In particular, more than 30 million Chinese college students are home-schooling, yet there is little understanding of how academic workload, separation from school, and fears of contagion lead to a decrease in their health. This study examined the relationships between Chinese college students' three critical stressors and two types of health in the COVID-19 pandemic context. We used a three-wave lagged design with a one-week interval. All the constructs were assessed by self-report in anonymous surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic. College students were asked to report their demographic information, academic workload, separation from school, fears of contagion, perceived stress, and health. The results of this study

SUBMITTER: Yang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7875391 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature