Coping style and well-being during COVID-19

<p dir="ltr">This study focused on assessing whether approach and avoidant coping styles mediate the relation between COVID-19 stressors and well-being for college students. This study also assessed how loneliness, ethnoracial identity, and discrimination impacted the relation between pandemic stressors and well-being through coping styles. One-hundred and fifteen college students completed an online survey that asked about coronavirus stressors, coping strategies, and mental health. Results indicated that avoidant coping significantly mediated the relation for COVID-19 stressors and well-being, such that increases in pandemic stressors predicted more use of avoidant coping strategies, which in turn predicted lower well-being. Loneliness did moderate the relation between COVID-19 stressors and well-being through avoidant coping strategies. Identifying as African American or Black did moderate the relation between COVID-19 stressors and well-being through avoidant coping. Identifying as Asian American or Pacific Islander did moderate the relation between COVID-19 stressors and well-being through avoidant coping strategies. Identifying as non-white significantly moderated the relation between coronavirus stressors and well-being through avoidant coping. Future research should utilize more diverse samples to better understand the influence of ethnoracial identity and discrimination on college students' mental health during the coronavirus pandemic.</p>