Stress and wellbeing in urban college students in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic: Can grit and gratitude help?

• DOI: 10.5502/ijw.v10i3.1331
• Publication Date: 2021-01-27T03:57:36Z
• Authors: Giacomo Bono; Kresimir Reil; Jadwiga Hescox
• Keywords: Gratitude; Grit; Pandemic; Well-Being

College is filled with opportunity, challenge and growth -as students expand their relationships social capital, make formative life decisions, overcome stress to achieve goals.The current short-term longitudinal study started before campus closure due the COVID-19 pandemic ended at completion of semester an urban university.It investigates subjective wellbeing freshmen, impacts on psychological, academic financial resilience during this period, role socioeconomic status.It also examines whether grit gratitude helped in these areas.First, we compared (N = 86 freshmen) terms parents' education level; high vs. low groups were created (i.e., completed school or less college up graduate school).The group reported significantly more perceived than prior pandemic.Next, examination two revealed that group, but not event stress.Finally, examined found predicted greater marginally lower psychological impact functioning end semester.However, parent increased grateful emotion, whereas decreased, suggesting pandemic.Overall results suggest can be promoted protect students' better cope adversity pandemic.The closes suggestions for intervention.