Risk and Protective Factors of College Students' Psychological Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Emotional Stability, Mental Health, and Household Resources

Colleges and universities have increasingly worried in recent decades about college students' well-being, with the COVID-19 pandemic aggravating these concerns. Our study examines changes to undergraduate emotional sentiments and psychological well-being from before to after the onset of the pandemic. In addition, we explore whether certain risk factors (i.e., prior mental health impairments, trait emotional stability) and protective factors (i.e., subjective socioeconomic status, parental education, household resources) predicted students' emotions and their intraindividual changes due to the pandemic onset. We compared experience sampling method data from 120 students from before and after the pandemic onset, examining intraindividual trajectories. There was only little change in students' emotions. Prior mental health impairment and trait emotional stability predicted students' emotions, averaged across time points, but not emotion changes. Few associations with emotions were found for subjective socioeconomic status and parental education, but study-related household resources predicted levels and changes in emotions.

Stress in COVID-19 pandemic: Negative and positive outcomes, and the possible role of preventive interventions

The first aim of this review is to examine stress models and theories that can help prevention of stress in individuals and society due to Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The second aim is to pinpoint the importance of preventive interventions with relevant examples. Thus, initially, General Adaption Syndrome model will be covered. Then, Transactional Stress Model that captures the role of individual differences in stress processing will be examined. In order to understand how stress can trigger psychological problems and to understand the factors associated with positive change Diathesis Stress, and Shaefer and Moos (1998) models will be presented. Furthermore, in this review the stress-related effects of similar pandemics, preventive interventions targeting various groups and related research will be covered. Finally, psychosocial support and psychological assistance examples from different countries and Turkey will be included. The review will provide guidance for researchers and professionals, who focus on the effects of COVID-19 and process aftermath of COVID-19. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Turkish) Bu derleme ilk amaci, Koronavirus hastaligi-2019 (COVID-19) salginin, kisilerde ve toplumda yol actigi stresi onlemede faydali olabilecek stres modellerini ve teorilerini benzer salginlardaki bulgularla irdelemektir. Ikinci amaci ise COVID-19 surecindeki onleyici mudahalenin onemine dikkat cekerek, ornek uygulamalari ortaya koymaktir. Bu dogrultuda, ilk olarak stres ve stres karsisinda kisinin verdigi tepkilerin nasil olustuguna iliskin Genel Adaptasyon Sendromu modeli ele alinacaktir. Daha sonra, bireysel farkliliklarin rolune deginen Transaksiyonel Stres Modeli degerlendirilecektir. Stresin tetikleyebilecegi psikolojik sorunlarin nasil olusabildigine dair Diatez Stres Modeli'ne ve olumlu donusumu belirleyen etmenlerin neler olduguna iliskin Shaefer ve Moos'nin (1998)'in modeli sunulacaktir. Ayrica, COVID-19'a benzer salginlarin stres odakli etkilerine yer verilecek derlemede, onleyici mudahale programlarinin farkli gruplardaki uygulamalari da arastirmalarla ortaya konulacaktir. Son olarak, derlemede dunyadan ve ulkemizden psikososyal destek ve psikolojik yardim orneklerine yer verilecektir. Derleme, COVID-19 surecinde ve sonrasindaki etkileri inceleyecek arastirmacilara ve destek saglayacak profesyonellere yol gosterici olacaktir. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)