Fear of COVID-19, anxiety, and social support among college students

Mauer, Victoria A.; Littleton, Heather; Lim, Stephanie; Sall, Kayla E.; Siller, Laura; Edwards, Katie M.

doi:10.1080/07448481.2022.2053689

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“…This study supported that academic stressors directly impacted mental health, in which social support played a mediating role. Social support had a negative prediction for COVID-19 anxiety, and results showed that it was needed to release the fear and anxiety of college students caused by COVID-19 ( 74 , 75 ). And it was also negatively associated with academic stressors and work stressors, playing as a protective factor for the mental issue ( 41 , 43 , 44 , 46 ).…”

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The influence of college students' academic stressors on mental health during COVID-19: The mediating effect of social support, social well-being, and self-identity

Yang¹,

Zhou²,

Zhao³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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COVID-19 caused harmful mental consequences to the public, and mental health problems were very common among college students during the outbreak of COVID-19. Academic stressors were the main stress for college students, and social support, social well-being, and self-identity were widely known as protective factors for mental health. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the influence of academic stressors on mental health and the mediating effect of social support, social well-being, and self-identity among college students during the outbreak of COVID-19. With 900 college students as subjects, using the college students' academic stressors questionnaire, social support questionnaire, social well-being scale, self-identity scale, and depression anxiety stress scales (DASS-21), the results showed that: (1) academic stressors had a significantly negative correlation with social support, social well-being, and self-identity while having a significantly positive correlation with mental health; (2) academic stressors could positively predict mental health; (3) this effect was mediated by social support, social well-being, and self-identity; (4) work stressor was an important stressor during COVID-19, and had the same role as academic stressors in the structural equation model. The results of this study suggested that adjusting the academic stressors or work stressors of college students and enhancing social support could improve social well-being and self-identity, and might effectively protect their mental health under the COVID-19 pandemic environment.

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The influence of college students' academic stressors on mental health during COVID-19: The mediating effect of social support, social well-being, and self-identity

Yang¹,

Zhou²,

Zhao³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“… 33 The sudden and unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic likely contributed to a chaotic and hectic living environment for many people, where individuals may have actively sought coping strategies and felt a more urgent need to rely on support from their families, reliable friends, and faculty to help them keep psychological distress at a minimum. 34 Based on social support resource theory, as an external and protective resource, social support is closely correlated to the quality and function of interpersonal relationships. 35 When interpersonal relationships are healthy and meaningful, they can bring positive changes to one’s life and improve psychological wellbeing and ultimately facilitate positive behavioral responses.…”

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“…Additionally, previous research has shown positive links between social support and individuals’ prosocial behavior. 34 , 38 …”

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Resilience and Prosocial Behavior Among Chinese University Students During COVID-19 Mitigation: Testing Mediation and Moderation Models of Social Support

Xue¹,

Kaufman²,

Zhang³

et al. 2022

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Purpose Suffering during events such as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens university students’ physical and psychological health. Given the literature indicating the protective role of resilience and social support, the current study explored the mediating and moderating roles of social support in the association between resilience and prosocial behavior among university students in mainland China during COVID-19 mitigation. Methods We conducted an online survey using convenience sampling from 23rd February to 3rd March 2020 among Chinese university students who had encountered home-quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Self-report scales were used to measure levels of resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale), social support (the Social Support Scale), and prosocial behavior (Prosocial Tendencies Measure). A total of 313 university students participated in this online survey. Hayes PROCESS macro for SPSS was used to test the hypothesized mediating and moderating effects of social support in the relationship between resilience and prosocial behavior. Results Pearson’s correlations analysis showed that all outcomes of interest were positively associated. Importantly, social support (subjective support, objective support, and support utilization) mediated the indirect link of resilience with prosocial behavior. Furthermore, moderation analyses indicated that support utilization played a moderating role in this link. Support utilization may reduce the negative influence of COVID-19 on university students’ prosocial behavior and serve as a protective factor between resilience and prosocial behavior in highly stressful contexts. Conclusion Our findings enrich research on prosocial behavior by investigating the potential internal and external variables that influence such behavior during periods of suffering. Findings also provide evidence for the need to promote university students’ prosocial behavior.

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“…Previous research has shown that social support from parents and peers or significant others is significantly and positively associated with PB. Such as, Mauer et al (2022) surveyed 1,539 students at 11 universities in the United States and specified that there was a positive relation between social support and individual PB. Liu A. et al (2021) specified that social support promotes PB and reduces levels of self-antisocial behavior.…”

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The influence of students’ sense of social connectedness on prosocial behavior in higher education institutions in Guangxi, China: A perspective of perceived teachers’ character teaching behavior and social support

Wang

2022

Front. Psychol.

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The objective of this study is to examine the sense of social connectedness (SSC) and prosocial behavior (PB) of students in Guangxi higher education institutions in China and to further understand the factors influencing PB of higher education students. In this study, a total of 1,007 students were sampled from 8 Guangxi higher vocational schools through purposive sampling using questionnaires, of which 676 (67.1%) were male students and 331 (32.9%) were female students. This study further enriches self-determination theory by exploring the effects of teachers’ character teaching behaviors and social support on PB, using the SSC as an intrinsic motivation. In addition, the results of the study revealed that SSC, perceived teacher character teaching behaviors and perceived social support (PSS) were positively related to students’ PB. SSC affects PB not only directly, but also indirectly through the mediating role of perceived teacher character teaching behavior and perceived teacher support. Teacher character teaching behaviors and PSS also play a chain mediating role in the relationship between SSC and PB. Finally, this study provides strategies to optimize school character management for higher education students in order to meet their basic psychological needs and thus promote the production of PB.

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Fear of COVID-19, anxiety, and social support among college students

Cited by 17 publications

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The influence of college students' academic stressors on mental health during COVID-19: The mediating effect of social support, social well-being, and self-identity

The influence of college students' academic stressors on mental health during COVID-19: The mediating effect of social support, social well-being, and self-identity

Resilience and Prosocial Behavior Among Chinese University Students During COVID-19 Mitigation: Testing Mediation and Moderation Models of Social Support

The influence of students’ sense of social connectedness on prosocial behavior in higher education institutions in Guangxi, China: A perspective of perceived teachers’ character teaching behavior and social support

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