ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Adolescent Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Protective Role of Friends
- Guadalupe Espinoza
California State University, Fullerton - Hannah Hernandez
California State University, Fullerton
Abstract
The current study examines if changes due to COVID-19 are related to adolescent stress and tests the protective role of friends among an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents (N=992). Online friend communication and friend support were found to protect adolescents from increased stress stemming from negative COVID-19 changes.
Friendship