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COVID-19 related difficulties and perceived coping among university and college students: the moderating role of media-related exposure and stress

Background: University and college students are not usually identified as a population at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, there is growing evidence of their specific distress associated with facing multiple abrupt changes and the need for rapid adaptation to a variety of academic, social, an...

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Autores principales: Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth, Bergman, Yoav S., Schiff, Miriam, Goldberg, Alon, Cohen, Ayala, Leshem, Becky, Jubran, Hisham, Worku- Mengisto, Wovit, Berkowitz, Ruth, Benbenishty, Rami
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8245071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34249243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1929029
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author Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth
Bergman, Yoav S.
Schiff, Miriam
Goldberg, Alon
Cohen, Ayala
Leshem, Becky
Jubran, Hisham
Worku- Mengisto, Wovit
Berkowitz, Ruth
Benbenishty, Rami
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Bergman, Yoav S.
Schiff, Miriam
Goldberg, Alon
Cohen, Ayala
Leshem, Becky
Jubran, Hisham
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Berkowitz, Ruth
Benbenishty, Rami
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description Background: University and college students are not usually identified as a population at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, there is growing evidence of their specific distress associated with facing multiple abrupt changes and the need for rapid adaptation to a variety of academic, social, and financial challenges. The extent of their exposure to COVID-19 media and the associated media-related stress may further impair students’ perceived coping. Objective: This study assessed COVID-19-related functional difficulties and perceived coping among higher education students in Israel and explored the moderating role played by media coverage of the pandemic in inducing stress and exacerbating COVID-19-related difficulties in perceived coping among students. Method: Data was collected from 7,446 students from seven academic centres in Israel through online questionnaires about four to six weeks after the outbreak of the pandemic in Israel. Results: The findings showed positive associations between COVID-19-related difficulties, media exposure, media-related stress, and decreased levels of perceived coping with the pandemic. Moreover, media-related stress (but not the level of media exposure) moderated the relationship between COVID-19-related difficulties and perceived coping: the associations were significantly stronger for students reporting high media-related stress in comparison to individuals reporting low media-related stress. Conclusions: These results highlight the specific role of media-related stress and the need to distinguish this risk factor from the global impact of exposure to media coverage. The need for self-monitoring of the subjective level of stress associated with media exposure should be part of the psychoeducation efforts provided by public health authorities for promoting self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-82450712021-07-09 COVID-19 related difficulties and perceived coping among university and college students: the moderating role of media-related exposure and stress Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth Bergman, Yoav S. Schiff, Miriam Goldberg, Alon Cohen, Ayala Leshem, Becky Jubran, Hisham Worku- Mengisto, Wovit Berkowitz, Ruth Benbenishty, Rami Eur J Psychotraumatol Short Communication Background: University and college students are not usually identified as a population at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, there is growing evidence of their specific distress associated with facing multiple abrupt changes and the need for rapid adaptation to a variety of academic, social, and financial challenges. The extent of their exposure to COVID-19 media and the associated media-related stress may further impair students’ perceived coping. Objective: This study assessed COVID-19-related functional difficulties and perceived coping among higher education students in Israel and explored the moderating role played by media coverage of the pandemic in inducing stress and exacerbating COVID-19-related difficulties in perceived coping among students. Method: Data was collected from 7,446 students from seven academic centres in Israel through online questionnaires about four to six weeks after the outbreak of the pandemic in Israel. Results: The findings showed positive associations between COVID-19-related difficulties, media exposure, media-related stress, and decreased levels of perceived coping with the pandemic. Moreover, media-related stress (but not the level of media exposure) moderated the relationship between COVID-19-related difficulties and perceived coping: the associations were significantly stronger for students reporting high media-related stress in comparison to individuals reporting low media-related stress. Conclusions: These results highlight the specific role of media-related stress and the need to distinguish this risk factor from the global impact of exposure to media coverage. The need for self-monitoring of the subjective level of stress associated with media exposure should be part of the psychoeducation efforts provided by public health authorities for promoting self-care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Taylor & Francis 2021-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8245071/ /pubmed/34249243 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1929029 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pat-Horenczyk, Ruth
Bergman, Yoav S.
Schiff, Miriam
Goldberg, Alon
Cohen, Ayala
Leshem, Becky
Jubran, Hisham
Worku- Mengisto, Wovit
Berkowitz, Ruth
Benbenishty, Rami
COVID-19 related difficulties and perceived coping among university and college students: the moderating role of media-related exposure and stress
title COVID-19 related difficulties and perceived coping among university and college students: the moderating role of media-related exposure and stress
title_full COVID-19 related difficulties and perceived coping among university and college students: the moderating role of media-related exposure and stress
title_fullStr COVID-19 related difficulties and perceived coping among university and college students: the moderating role of media-related exposure and stress
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 related difficulties and perceived coping among university and college students: the moderating role of media-related exposure and stress
title_short COVID-19 related difficulties and perceived coping among university and college students: the moderating role of media-related exposure and stress
title_sort covid-19 related difficulties and perceived coping among university and college students: the moderating role of media-related exposure and stress
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8245071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34249243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2021.1929029
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