Commonly Reported Problems and Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Survey of Graduate and Professional Students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 crisis has introduced a variety of stressors, while simultaneously decreasing the availability of strategies to cope with stress. In this context, it could be useful to understand issues that people find most concerning and ways in which they cope with stress. In this study, we explored these questions with a sample of graduate and professional students.

Method

Using open-ended assessments, we asked participants (n = 305) to identify their biggest challenge or concern ("top problem"), their most effective way of handling stress ("effective strategy"), and their most common way of handling stress ("common strategy"). We applied thematic analysis and evaluated whether participants' strategies corresponded with evidence-based practices (EBPs).

SUBMITTER: Wasil AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7947789 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature