Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA

Autores
Rice, Kenneth G.; Arana, Fernán Guido; Wetstone, Hannah; Aiello, Michelle; Durán, Barbara
Año de publicación
2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected mental health worldwide and college students were particularly vulnerable to its adverse effects. This longitudinal study was designed to highlight and compare the COVID experiences of college students in Argentina and the USA (N = 361). Specifically, we examined individual factors (gender, emotional regulation, and social support) assessed prior to the pandemic for their role as predictors or moderators of COVID-fear and psychological stress during the first months of the pandemic. The results supported measurement invariance for brief measures of COVID-fear and indicated that, overall, COVID-fear was highest during the second wave of the study (March–April 2020), lowest during the third wave (June 2020), and then rose again during the fourth wave (September 2020). Several interaction effects emerged, revealing important country-level differences in COVID-fear effects for the emotion regulation and social support factors. More so in the Argentina sample than in the USA sample, higher levels of social support at Time 1 were associated with increases in the effect of COVID-fear on stress among students. We discussed the implications of these and other findings for future cross-cultural pandemic-related stress studies.
Fil: Rice, Kenneth G.. Georgia State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Arana, Fernán Guido. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Wetstone, Hannah. Georgia State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Aiello, Michelle. Georgia State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Durán, Barbara. Georgia State University; Estados Unidos
Materia
COVID-19
STRESS
COLLEGE STUDENTS
EMOTION REGULATION
SOCIAL SUPPORT
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA
title Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA
spellingShingle Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA
Rice, Kenneth G.
COVID-19
STRESS
COLLEGE STUDENTS
EMOTION REGULATION
SOCIAL SUPPORT
title_short Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA
title_full Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA
title_fullStr Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA
title_full_unstemmed Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA
title_sort Predicting and Moderating COVID-Fear and Stress among College Students in Argentina and the USA
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rice, Kenneth G.
Arana, Fernán Guido
Wetstone, Hannah
Aiello, Michelle
Durán, Barbara
author Rice, Kenneth G.
author_facet Rice, Kenneth G.
Arana, Fernán Guido
Wetstone, Hannah
Aiello, Michelle
Durán, Barbara
author_role author
author2 Arana, Fernán Guido
Wetstone, Hannah
Aiello, Michelle
Durán, Barbara
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19
STRESS
COLLEGE STUDENTS
EMOTION REGULATION
SOCIAL SUPPORT
topic COVID-19
STRESS
COLLEGE STUDENTS
EMOTION REGULATION
SOCIAL SUPPORT
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected mental health worldwide and college students were particularly vulnerable to its adverse effects. This longitudinal study was designed to highlight and compare the COVID experiences of college students in Argentina and the USA (N = 361). Specifically, we examined individual factors (gender, emotional regulation, and social support) assessed prior to the pandemic for their role as predictors or moderators of COVID-fear and psychological stress during the first months of the pandemic. The results supported measurement invariance for brief measures of COVID-fear and indicated that, overall, COVID-fear was highest during the second wave of the study (March–April 2020), lowest during the third wave (June 2020), and then rose again during the fourth wave (September 2020). Several interaction effects emerged, revealing important country-level differences in COVID-fear effects for the emotion regulation and social support factors. More so in the Argentina sample than in the USA sample, higher levels of social support at Time 1 were associated with increases in the effect of COVID-fear on stress among students. We discussed the implications of these and other findings for future cross-cultural pandemic-related stress studies.
Fil: Rice, Kenneth G.. Georgia State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Arana, Fernán Guido. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Psicología. Instituto de Investigaciones; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Wetstone, Hannah. Georgia State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Aiello, Michelle. Georgia State University; Estados Unidos
Fil: Durán, Barbara. Georgia State University; Estados Unidos
description The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected mental health worldwide and college students were particularly vulnerable to its adverse effects. This longitudinal study was designed to highlight and compare the COVID experiences of college students in Argentina and the USA (N = 361). Specifically, we examined individual factors (gender, emotional regulation, and social support) assessed prior to the pandemic for their role as predictors or moderators of COVID-fear and psychological stress during the first months of the pandemic. The results supported measurement invariance for brief measures of COVID-fear and indicated that, overall, COVID-fear was highest during the second wave of the study (March–April 2020), lowest during the third wave (June 2020), and then rose again during the fourth wave (September 2020). Several interaction effects emerged, revealing important country-level differences in COVID-fear effects for the emotion regulation and social support factors. More so in the Argentina sample than in the USA sample, higher levels of social support at Time 1 were associated with increases in the effect of COVID-fear on stress among students. We discussed the implications of these and other findings for future cross-cultural pandemic-related stress studies.
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