COVID-19 and obsessive-compulsive symptoms in a large multi-site college sample.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic poses unique risks to college students' mental health, and specifically to symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). To better understand the relationship between COVID-19 impact and OC symptoms in this population, six colleges from across the US administered a battery of questionnaires and an emotion differentiation paradigm to eligible students (N = 841). We examined whether degree of pandemic-related disruption was associated with OC severity, and if so, whether this relationship was explained by trait (poor emotion regulation and differentiation) and state risk factors (poor sleep quality, less exercise frequency, less social support, thwarted sense of belongingness, and greater loneliness). Results indicated that the positive relationship between CO

SUBMITTER: Berman NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9059345 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature