Navigating Identity Uncertainty: Identity Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorMeca, Alan
dc.contributor.authorAllison, Kelsie K.
dc.contributor.authorPassini, Julia
dc.contributor.authorVeniegas, Taryn
dc.contributor.authorCruz, Bethany
dc.contributor.authorCastillo, Linda G.
dc.contributor.authorSchwartz, Seth J.
dc.contributor.authorZamboanga, Byron L.
dc.contributor.authorMichikyan, Minas
dc.contributor.authorBessaha, Melissa
dc.contributor.authorRegan, Pamela C.
dc.contributor.authorSubrahmanyam, Kaveri
dc.contributor.authorBartholomew, John
dc.contributor.authorPiña-Watson, Brandy
dc.contributor.authorCano, Miguel Ángel
dc.contributor.authorMartinez, Charles R. Jr.
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3272-7701
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T14:28:09Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T14:28:09Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-30
dc.description© 2023 Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE Publishing
dc.description.abstractThe long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have only recently begun to be explored. Among college students, who were faced with sudden and unprecedented changes and challenges, it is likely that COVID-19 detrimentally impacted the establishment of a sense of self, a key developmental task of the college years. However, no research has examined the relationships among COVID-19 related worries, identity distress, and psychological and academic adjustment. To address these gaps in the current study, we examined the prevalence of identity distress, the relationship between COVID-19 related worries and identity distress, and the direct and indirect associations between COVID-19 related worries and psychological and academic adjustment among a sample of 1627 college students (Mage = 20.51, SD = 2.21). Findings indicated that over a third of the sample reported high levels of identity distress and that COVID-19 related worries were negatively associated, both directly and indirectly through identity distress, with psychological and academic adjustment.
dc.description.departmentPsychology
dc.identifier.citationMeca, A., Allison, K. K., Passini, J., Veniegas, T., Cruz, B., Castillo, L. G., Schwartz, S. J., Zamboanga, B. L., Michikyan, M., Bessaha, M., Regan, P. C., Subrahmanyam, K., Bartholomew, J., Piña-Watson, B., Cano, M. Á., & Martinez, C. R. (2023). Navigating Identity Uncertainty: Identity Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Emerging Adulthood, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231203031
dc.identifier.issn2167-6984
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231203031
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/2105
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEmerging Adulthood
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United Statesen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/
dc.subjectacademic adjustment
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subjectemerging adults
dc.subjectidentity distress
dc.subjectpsychological adjustment
dc.titleNavigating Identity Uncertainty: Identity Distress During the COVID-19 Pandemic
dc.typeArticle

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