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

Author:

Meca Alan1ORCID,Allison Kelsie K.2ORCID,Passini Julia3ORCID,Veniegas Taryn1,Cruz Bethany1,Castillo Linda G.4,Schwartz Seth J.5,Zamboanga Byron L.6ORCID,Michikyan Minas7ORCID,Bessaha Melissa8,Regan Pamela C.7,Subrahmanyam Kaveri9,Bartholomew John5,Piña-Watson Brandy10,Cano Miguel Ángel11ORCID,Martinez Charles R.12

Affiliation:

1. Department of Psychology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA

2. Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA

3. Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

4. Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

5. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

6. Department of Psychological Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

7. Department of Psychology, California State University-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

8. The School of Social Welfare, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA

9. Department of Psychology, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA

10. Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA

11. Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

12. Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA

Abstract

The 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 ( M age = 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.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Life-span and Life-course Studies,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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