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- Title
The role of personal identity as a resource for college students during COVID-19.
- Authors
Schwartz, Seth J.; Ertanir, Beyhan; Harkness, Audrey; Zamboanga, Byron L.; Bessaha, Melissa L.; Bartholomew, John B.; Meca, Alan; Michikyan, Minas; Duque, Maria; Montero-Zamora, Pablo; López-Madrigal, Claudia; Castillo, Linda G.; Ángel Cano, Miguel; Subrahmanyam, Kaveri; Piña-Watson, Brandy; Regan, Pamela; Ham, Lindsay S.; Hanson, Marissa K.; Martinez Jr, Charles R.
- Abstract
Objective: We examined the role of personal identity vis-à-vis COVID-related outcomes among college students from seven U.S. campuses during spring/summer 2021. Participants: The present sample consisted of 1,688 students (74.5% female, age range 18-29). The sample was ethnically diverse, and 57.3% were first-generation students. Procedures: Students completed an online survey assessing personal identity synthesis and confusion, COVID-related worries, general internalizing symptoms, positive adaptation, and general well-being. Results: Personal identity synthesis was negatively related to COVID-related worries and general internalizing symptoms, and positively related to positive adaptation, both directly and indirectly through life satisfaction and psychological well-being. Personal identity confusion evidenced an opposing set of direct and indirect associations with outcome variables. Conclusions: Personal identity may potentially be protective against pandemic-related distress among college students, in part through its association with well-being. Reducing identity confusion and promoting identity synthesis are essential among college students during this and future pandemics.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GROUP identity; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation; INTERNALIZING behavior; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ATTITUDE (Psychology); SURVEYS; COGNITION disorders; STUDENT attitudes; COLLEGE students; COVID-19 pandemic; SELF-perception; WELL-being
- Publication
Journal of American College Health, 2025, Vol 73, Issue 1, p244
- ISSN
0744-8481
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/07448481.2023.2214244