The COVID-19 pandemic: asthma control, tobacco use, and mental health among African American and Latinx college students

Ramos, Mayra S; Corona, Rosalie; Dempster, Katherine W.; Morton, Sarah C M; Everhart, Robin S.

doi:10.1080/02770903.2022.2062673

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“…Higher scores indicated greater T1 family home disruptions due to COVID-19. Support for reliability and validity has been found among African American and Latine college students and adolescents for the original measure (Ramos et al, 2023). In the present study, Kudar–Richardson reliability (KR-20) was .77 for all students, .81 for Black students, .76 for Asian American students, .80 for Latine students, and .74 for White students.…”

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Interactions between COVID-19 family home disruptions and relationships predicting college students’ mental health over time.

Williams¹,

DeLaney²,

Moreno³

et al. 2023

Journal of Family Psychology

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The present study tested whether family home disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Spring 2020 (Time 1; T1) informed mental health (i.e., posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], depressive, and anxiety symptoms) 7 months later in Fall 2020 at T2 and whether family relationship quality moderated relations. Multigroup path analysis models were used to test whether there were significant differences in relations by emerging adults’ ethnic–racial backgrounds. Participants were 811 Black, Asian American, Latine, and White emerging adult college students (Mage = 19.95, SD = .33), and the majority (79.6%) who reported their gender identified as cisgender women. Results indicated that across all individuals, T1 family relationship quality moderated relations between T1 family home disruptions and T2 anxiety and depressive symptoms. At lower levels of T1 family relationship quality, family home disruptions predicted greater T2 depressive and anxiety symptoms. At higher levels of T1 family relationship quality, these relations were not significant. Findings highlight that family relationship quality is an important protective factor for diverse emerging adult college students.

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Interactions between COVID-19 family home disruptions and relationships predicting college students’ mental health over time.

Williams¹,

DeLaney²,

Moreno³

et al. 2023

Journal of Family Psychology

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“…To date, much of the literature on the impact of the pandemic on college students has focused on its' adverse effects on health outcomes (e.g., Copeland et al, 2020;Ramos et al, 2023). Fewer studies have examined the impact of the pandemic on resilience and hope-two strengthbased constructs.…”

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“…Indeed, Papadopoulos and colleagues (2021) found that only 9.8% of a global pediatric sample (4-18 years of age) reported worse asthma control during the pandemic. These findings are important given that poor asthma control is associated with mental health problems both prior to (Bedolla-Barajas et al, 2021;Licari et al, 2019) and during the pandemic (Higbee et al, 2021;Ramos et al, 2023).…”

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“…A. W. Hawkins et al, 2020). Recently, scholars explored how the pandemic influenced asthma-specific (e.g., asthma management; Ramos et al, 2023;Taquechel et al, 2020) and asthma-related (e.g., mental health; Ramos et al, 2023) outcomes. Interestingly, during the pandemic, students with asthma reported better asthma control (Ramos et al, 2023;Taquechel et al, 2020) and decreased substance use (Ramos et al, 2023).…”

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“…Recently, scholars explored how the pandemic influenced asthma-specific (e.g., asthma management; Ramos et al, 2023;Taquechel et al, 2020) and asthma-related (e.g., mental health; Ramos et al, 2023) outcomes. Interestingly, during the pandemic, students with asthma reported better asthma control (Ramos et al, 2023;Taquechel et al, 2020) and decreased substance use (Ramos et al, 2023). Indeed, Papadopoulos and colleagues (2021) found that only 9.8% of a global pediatric sample (4-18 years of age) reported worse asthma control during the pandemic.…”

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Religiosity and Family Functioning as Predictors of Hope and Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic among African American and Latinx College Students with Asthma

Corona,

Everhart,

Ramos

et al. 2024

J Ethn Cult Stud

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Being resilient and hopeful in the face of adversity can promote health and academic outcomes. We sought to determine whether religiosity and family functioning pre-pandemic predicted resilience and hope during the pandemic in a sample of 105 African American and Latinx college students with asthma (Mage = 19.09 years, SD = 1.01). Participants completed an online survey prior to the pandemic and one during the pandemic. In simple regressions, controlling for age, race/ethnicity, gender, and asthma control, greater religious commitment, better family functioning, and less COVID-19 impact were associated with higher resilience scores. Only greater religious commitment was associated with higher hope scores. In a hierarchical regression predicting resilience from all variables, religiosity and family functioning were associated with resilience above and beyond COVID-19 impact and covariates. Findings highlight the importance of family functioning and religiosity—two cultural factors that are salient in African American and Latinx communities—in resiliency and hope.

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Internet-Based Social Connections of Black American College Students in Pre–COVID-19 and Peri–COVID-19 Pandemic Periods: Network Analysis

Lee,

Kim,

Esener

et al. 2024

J Med Internet Res

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Background A global-scale pandemic, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, greatly impacted communities of color. Moreover, physical distancing recommendations during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected people’s sense of social connection, especially among young individuals. More research is needed on the use of social media and communication about depression, with a specific focus on young Black Americans. Objective This paper aims to examine whether there are any differences in social-networking characteristics before and during the pandemic periods (ie, pre–COVID-19 pandemic vs peri–COVID-19 pandemic) among the students of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). For the study, the researchers focus on the students who have posted a depression-related tweet or have retweeted such posts on their timeline and also those who have not made such tweets. This is done to understand the collective patterns of both groups. Methods This paper analyzed the social networks on Twitter (currently known as X; X Corp) of HBCU students through comparing pre–COVID-19 and peri–COVID-19 pandemic data. The researchers quantified the structural properties, such as reciprocity, homophily, and communities, to test the differences in internet-based socializing patterns between the depression-related and non–depression related groups for the 2 periods. Results During the COVID-19 pandemic period, the group with depression-related tweets saw an increase in internet-based friendships, with the average number of friends rising from 1194 (SD 528.14) to 1371 (SD 824.61; P<.001). Their mutual relationships strengthened (reciprocity: 0.78-0.8; P=.01), and they showed higher assortativity with other depression-related group members (0.6-0.7; P<.001). In a network with only HBCU students, internet-based and physical affiliation memberships aligned closely during the peri–COVID-19 pandemic period, with membership entropy decreasing from 1.0 to 0.5. While users without depression-related tweets engaged more on the internet with other users who shared physical affiliations, those who posted depression-related tweets maintained consistent entropy levels (modularity: 0.75-0.76). Compared with randomized networks before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (P<.001), the users also exhibited high homophily with other members who posted depression-related tweets. Conclusions The findings of this study provided insight into the social media activities of HBCU students’ social networks and communication about depression on social media. Future social media interventions focused on the mental health of Black college students may focus on providing resources to students who communicate about depression. Efforts aimed at providing relevant resources and information to internet-based communities that share institutional affiliation may enhance access to social support, particularly for those who may not proactively seek assistance. This approach may contribute to increased social support for individuals within these communities, especially those with a limited social capacity.

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The COVID-19 pandemic: asthma control, tobacco use, and mental health among African American and Latinx college students

Cited by 4 publications

References 61 publications

Interactions between COVID-19 family home disruptions and relationships predicting college students’ mental health over time.

Interactions between COVID-19 family home disruptions and relationships predicting college students’ mental health over time.

Religiosity and Family Functioning as Predictors of Hope and Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic among African American and Latinx College Students with Asthma

Internet-Based Social Connections of Black American College Students in Pre–COVID-19 and Peri–COVID-19 Pandemic Periods: Network Analysis

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