Education, Financial Stress, and Trajectory of Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

被引：16

作者：

Jiang, Yanping ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Zilioli, Samuele ^{[1
,4
]}

Balzarini, Rhonda N. ^{[5
,6
]}

Zoppolat, Giulia ^{[7
]}

Slatcher, Richard B. ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] Wayne State Univ, Dept Psychol, Detroit, MI 48202 USA

[2] Rutgers State Univ, Inst Hlth Hlth Care Policy & Aging Res, New Brunswick, NJ USA

[3] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Family Med & Community Hlth, New Brunswick, NJ USA

[4] Wayne State Univ, Dept Family Med & Publ Hlth Sci, Detroit, MI 48202 USA

[5] Texas State Univ, Dept Psychol, San Marcos, TX USA

[6] Indiana Univ, Kinsey Inst, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA

[7] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Expt & Appl Psychol, Amsterdam, Netherlands

[8] Univ Georgia, Dept Psychol, Athens, GA 30602 USA

来源：

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE | 2022年 / 10卷 / 04期

关键词：

COVID-19; pandemic; socioeconomic disparities; education; mental health; financial stress; psychological distress; open materials; preregistered; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; STRAIN; LIFE;

D O I：

10.1177/21677026211049374

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

In this preregistered study, we examined educational disparities in the trajectory of mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether such educational disparities would be mediated by financial stress associated with the pandemic. Data were drawn from the Love in the Time of COVID project (N = 2,204; four waves collected between March and June 2020). Results suggested educational disparities in eudaimonic well-being, negative affect, and psychological distress and showed significant associations between lower education and worse mental-health outcomes at baseline. However, education did not amplify mental-health disparities over time and exhibited no associations with the rates of change in mental health. Financial stress mediated the associations between education and mental health at baseline, and there were no temporal variations in the mediation effect. These results highlight persistent educational disparities in mental health, and such educational disparities may be partially explained by financial stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

引用

页码：662 / 674

页数：13

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