ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

School Belonging and Psychological Well-Being in First-Generation College Students: The Role of Barriers to Online Learning

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Clinical Science

  • Savannah Simpson
    Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus
  • Nicola Forbes
    Fordham University
  • Emily Romero
    Fordham University
  • Elizabeth Raposa
    Fordham University

Abstract

We examined the moderating role of online learning on the relationship between school belonging and mental health for first-generation college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyses indicated that greater belonging predicted fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, but barriers to online learning weakened the effect of belonging on depressive symptomatology.

Psychopathology