TY - JOUR
T1 - Navigating Identity Uncertainty
T2 - Identity Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU - Meca, Alan
AU - Allison, Kelsie K.
AU - Passini, Julia
AU - Veniegas, Taryn
AU - Cruz, Bethany
AU - Castillo, Linda G.
AU - Schwartz, Seth J.
AU - Zamboanga, Byron L.
AU - Michikyan, Minas
AU - Bessaha, Melissa
AU - Regan, Pamela C.
AU - Subrahmanyam, Kaveri
AU - Bartholomew, John
AU - Piña-Watson, Brandy
AU - Cano, Miguel Ángel
AU - Martinez, Charles R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publishing.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - The long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have only recently begun to be explored. Among college students, who were faced with sudden and unprecedented changes and challenges, it is likely that COVID-19 detrimentally impacted the establishment of a sense of self, a key developmental task of the college years. However, no research has examined the relationships among COVID-19 related worries, identity distress, and psychological and academic adjustment. To address these gaps in the current study, we examined the prevalence of identity distress, the relationship between COVID-19 related worries and identity distress, and the direct and indirect associations between COVID-19 related worries and psychological and academic adjustment among a sample of 1627 college students (M age = 20.51, SD = 2.21). Findings indicated that over a third of the sample reported high levels of identity distress and that COVID-19 related worries were negatively associated, both directly and indirectly through identity distress, with psychological and academic adjustment.
AB - The long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have only recently begun to be explored. Among college students, who were faced with sudden and unprecedented changes and challenges, it is likely that COVID-19 detrimentally impacted the establishment of a sense of self, a key developmental task of the college years. However, no research has examined the relationships among COVID-19 related worries, identity distress, and psychological and academic adjustment. To address these gaps in the current study, we examined the prevalence of identity distress, the relationship between COVID-19 related worries and identity distress, and the direct and indirect associations between COVID-19 related worries and psychological and academic adjustment among a sample of 1627 college students (M age = 20.51, SD = 2.21). Findings indicated that over a third of the sample reported high levels of identity distress and that COVID-19 related worries were negatively associated, both directly and indirectly through identity distress, with psychological and academic adjustment.
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U2 - 10.1177/21676968231203031
DO - 10.1177/21676968231203031
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85173489929
SN - 2167-6968
VL - 11
SP - 1518
EP - 1534
JO - Emerging Adulthood
JF - Emerging Adulthood
IS - 6
ER -