ERIC Number: EJ1448346
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
EISSN: EISSN-1940-3208
How Are Students Coping One Year after the COVID-19 Lockdown? A Photoelicitation Project
Journal of American College Health, v72 n8 p3002-3014 2024
Objective: To understand how students are coping one year after campuses were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: Students at a large state university in Midwestern USA. Method: Sequential mixed method study. A photo-survey of students' experiences was conducted as part of an ethnographic study of "college life." Student researchers and faculty collaboratively analyzed photos and accompanying text for coping strategies. Association of coping strategies with respondents' characteristics was assessed with inferential statistics. Results: Most respondents alluded to the negative mental toll of the pandemic and predominantly utilized emotion-focused coping strategies. Non-binary students and students who lived off but close to campus appeared to have fewer coping strategies than their peers. Conclusion: The experiences of diverse student sub-populations differ. Photos give researchers a unique vista into students' experiences. Students -- as co-researchers -- can help campuses understand the stresses associated with their college experiences and how they are coping.
Descriptors: College Students, Coping, School Closing, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Experience, Mental Health, Well Being, Emotional Response, Student Characteristics, Individual Differences, Student Diversity, Photography, LGBTQ People, Commuting Students, Distance Education, Online Courses, On Campus Students, Stress Variables
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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