APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Exploring the Interplay of COVID-19 Related Distress, Emotional Nonacceptance, and School-Related Anxiety in Adolescents: The Buffering Role of Expressive Flexibility
- Maya Rajah
Alumni of Teachers College, Columbia University - Rohini Bagrodia
Teachers College, Columbia University - Ann-Christin Haag
University Hospital of Ulm - Ann-Christin Haag
Teachers College, Columbia University - George Bonanno
Teachers College, Columbia University
Abstract
In a study of 166 adolescents (aged 11–17) during the COVID-19 pandemic, flexibility in emotional expression attenuated the association between pandemic-related distress and school-related anxiety—particularly among adolescents who exhibited high levels of emotional nonacceptance (i.e., self-critical responses to their own emotional distress).
Stress
