Publications by authors named "Hilary Nardone"
Background: The Wellness Environment app study is a longitudinal study focused on promoting health in college students.
Objective: The two aims of this study were (1) to assess physical activity (PA) variation across the days of the week and throughout the academic year and (2) to explore the correlates that were associated with PA, concurrently and longitudinally.
Methods: The participants were asked to report their wellness and risk behaviors on a 14-item daily survey through a smartphone app.
Personality traits have been found to be related to a variety of health outcomes. The aim of this study was to examine how personality traits were associated with adjustment to the COVID pandemic in college students. The sample included 484 first-year university students (76% female) attending a northeastern university who completed the Big Five Inventory (BFI) personality assessment at the beginning of a semester that was disrupted by the COVID pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of COVID-19 Pandemic on College Student Mental Health and Wellness.
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry
January 2021
Objective: To test the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID) pandemic on the emotions, behavior, and wellness behaviors of first-year college students.
Method: A total of 675 first-year university students completed a full assessment of behavioral and emotional functioning at the beginning of the spring semester 2020. Of these, 576 completed the same assessment at the end of the spring semester, 600 completed at least 1 item from a COVID-related survey after the onset of COVID pandemic, and 485 completed nightly surveys of mood and wellness behaviors on a regular basis before and after the onset of the COVID crisis.