APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
The Interaction between Pandemic Stress and Benefit Finding Predicts Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Among College Students
- Anahi Ramirez
University of Missouri-Kansas City - Elizabeth Wilson
University of Missouri-Kansas City - Elizabeth Wilson
VA Boston Healthcare System - Kymberley Bennett
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Abstract
An online, cross-sectional study of college students during the COVID-19 pandemic showed that pandemic stress interacted with benefit finding (BF) to predict anxiety and depressive symptoms. Students with low levels of BF had stronger positive relationships between stress and symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to those high in BF.
Stress