Fluctuating recovery: Trajectories of young adult mental health through the COVID-19 pandemic 2020-2022.

Background: Young adults experienced significant mental health challenges during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the long-term trajectories of their mental health remain unclear. This longitudinal study examined anxiety and depression symptom trajectories among U.S.

2024 presidential election stress and its association with depression and anxiety among U.S. young adults: A two-wave survey study.

Introduction: Presidential elections can be stressful for many people, with prior research linking election-related experiences to mental health outcomes. However, how specific election-related stressors contribute to depression and anxiety symptoms among young adults remains insufficiently examined. The purpose of this study is to address this gap by identifying which types of election-related stress are associated with these symptoms in U.

The Association Between Perceived Discrimination and Body Mass Index (BMI) Among Asian American Women Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

We examined the association between perceived discrimination and body mass index (BMI) in Asian American (AA) women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The data used were from the Epidemiology/Epigenetics of Asian Women's Action for Resilience and Empowerment (Epi AWARE) study, which enrolled 157 AA women aged 18 to 59 between December 2019 and September 2022. Two sets of questions measured "everyday" (e.

Treatment outcomes for typical and atypical anorexia nervosa across Asian and non-Asian patients in United States higher level of care facilities.

Asian patients with Anorexia Nervosa (AN) face unique barriers to recovery, but may also disproportionately experience constitutional thinness. The current study compared weight-gain and psychopathology treatment outcomes between Asian and non-Asian patients, and compared patients who reached their Expected Body Weight (EBW) by discharge to those who did not. We collected data from Asian (n = 25 adults, 40 adolescents) and non-Asian (n = 966 adults, 1067 adolescents) patients in higher levels of care at United States eating disorder treatment facilities.

Risk and Resilience Trajectories from Adverse Childhood Experience Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV.

Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) significantly contribute to health disparities among minoritized populations. However, the characterization and impact of ACEs and the resilience of men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV remains under-examined. This study aimed to examine how the clustering profiles of ACEs and social support networks may affect psychosocial outcomes to elucidate ACEs resilience in relation to social support network among MSM living with HIV.

Differential associations between race-based traumatic stress and major, everyday, and vicarious racial discrimination among young adults of color.

Race-based traumatic stress (RBTS) is a psychological response to racial discrimination among individuals with marginalized racial/ethnic identities, but the literature about how different forms of racial discrimination contribute to RBTS is lacking. We compared the effects of major, everyday, and vicarious racial discrimination on RBTS and evaluated the associations between ethnic-racial identity (ERI) and RBTS. Analyses used cross-sectional survey data from Black, Asian, and Latine young adults (N = 1,342, M = 25.

Increasing the visibility of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders in substance use research: A call to action.

Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AA/NH/PI) are one of the most diverse racial and ethnic groups in the U.S., encompassing origins from over forty countries.

Rates and psychological stress predictors of problematic internet use (PIU) during the COVID-19 pandemic in a racially diverse sample of young adults.

Background: Problematic internet use (PIU), which includes social media misuse (SMM) and gaming misuse (GM), is uncontrollable and associated with significant psychological impairment. PIU is a coping behavior for COVID-19-related stress. We explored distress-related predictors of PIU in a young adult racially diverse sample during the pandemic.

Home away from home: international students' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of US higher education.

Introduction: This study focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international students' overall experiences.

Method: We interviewed 22 international students from 11 countries and 17 universities in the US who participated in a large longitudinal study that aims to understand the physical and emotional wellbeing of young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided by Bronfenbrenner's ecological model, the findings suggested that students were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic at interpersonal, institutional, political, and personal levels.

COVID-19-Related Racial Discrimination during Lockdown and Its Impact on Asian American Women.

During the lockdown period of the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian American (AA) women have experienced a surge in anti-Asian hate crimes and racial discrimination, and a majority of studies have quantitatively shown the negative impact of these incidents on Asian Americans' well-being. Our research expands on the existing literature by qualitatively investigating types of COVID-19-related racial discrimination during lockdown and its impacts on changes in emotions, behaviors, well-being, and racial identity development among AA women. This study covered two timepoints (December 2019 to May 2020) and the data were collected using an open-ended survey with 40 AA women.

Effect of vicarious discrimination on race-based stress symptoms among Asian American young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States. Previous work has established that experiencing racism increases one's dysfunctional anxiety and avoidance actions-key symptoms of race-based stress symptoms. However, the psychological impact of vicarious, or secondhand, discrimination (witnessing racism targeting one's own race group) remains less understood.

Would Caring Teachers Buffer the Link Between Violence Victimization and Early Sexual Initiation? Comparing Heterosexual and Non-Heterosexual African American Youth.

This study investigated the relationship between youth violence exposures (i.e., peer and neighborhood) and early sexual initiation.

Psychological Distress and Heavy Alcohol Consumption Among U.S. Young Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Introduction: The predictors of heavy drinking among U.S. young women during the COVID-19 pandemic are not well-examined.

Learning about discrimination during childhood: Implications for racial trauma among Asians and Asian Americans during the pandemic.

Objective: Although the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sharp rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, limited data exist on racial trauma and its effects on Asian Americans. The current study investigated how racial discrimination and parental ethnic-racial socialization (cultural socialization, preparation for bias, and promotion of mistrust) were associated with racial trauma among Asian Americans in young adulthood. Increased cultural socialization and preparation for bias in childhood were hypothesized to be associated with lower levels of racial trauma, whereas increased racial discrimination and promotion of mistrust were hypothesized to predict higher levels of racial trauma.

Posttraumatic growth as a moderator between pandemic-related distress and mental health symptoms in U.S. young adults.

Objective: Compared to other age groups, young adults are at risk of suffering COVID-19 pandemic-related psychological problems. Prior research suggests that such adverse events (like the pandemic) can initiate adaptive psychological changes, referred to as posttraumatic growth (PTG); however, limited studies have examined the moderating role of PTG among young adults in the United States with regard to COVID-19-related distress. Thus, this study examines whether pandemic-related distress has a differential effect on young adults' mental health symptoms based on varying levels of PTG.

International student stressors and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.

Objective: To identify stressors affecting international students' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Participants: Twenty-two international students from 10 countries and 17 US institutions participated.

Methods: Participants were recruited from a larger study examining the wellbeing of young adults during the pandemic.

Concerns about the social climate, finances, and COVID-19 risk on depression and anxiety: An analysis on U.S. young adults across two waves.

Concerns regarding contracting COVID-19 and finances may be risks to mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social climate concerns may be another risk, given U.S.

Experiences of COVID-19-related anti-Asian discrimination and affective reactions in a multiple race sample of U.S. young adults.

Background: Little remains known about both Asian and Asian American (A/AA) and non-Asian young adults' experiences and affective reactions regarding COVID-19 anti-Asian discrimination. To our knowledge, this is the first study that explores the nature and impact of COVID-19 anti-Asian discrimination within a multi-racial sample.

Methods: This study uses qualitative open-ended responses from a sub-sample of Wave I of the COVID-19 Adult Resilience Experiences Study (CARES) data collected between March to September 2020.

Health-related quality of life among US young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Psychiatric symptoms and emotional experiences to target within clinical practice.

Background: The current study aimed to determine the role of psychological experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic (depression, anxiety, loneliness, and COVID-19-related grief and worry) on young adult physical and mental health functioning as measured by health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Methods: Using hierarchical multiple regression analyses, this cross-sectional study examined psychological predictors of physical and mental health functioning among young adults (age 18 to 30 years) from April 13 to September 5, 2020.

Results: Pre-existing depression diagnoses (beta = -0.

Perceived COVID-19-related anti-Asian discrimination predicts post traumatic stress disorder symptoms among Asian and Asian American young adults.

Objective: This study investigates the prevalence of COVID-19-related discrimination and the extent to which COVID-19-related discrimination is associated with mental health symptoms among Asians and Asian American (A/AA) young adults during the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: We used data from the COVID-19 Adult Resilience Experiences Study (CARES), a cross-sectional online survey conducted in the U.S.