摘要：The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on the lives of adults across the world. Emerging research exists on COVID-related depression and anxiety symptoms in the general population. Yet, the literature on trauma and stressor-related disorders in the general population is minimal, with most of the research focusing on college-aged adults. Further, the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed long-existing health disparities, particularly racial disparities, that remain under-recognized. Our symposium explores COVIDrelated stressors, posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and adjustment disorder symptoms in a nationally representative US sample and disadvantaged groups within the sample. We examine the differential impacts of the COVID-19 and racism pandemic on trauma- and stressor-related symptoms among persons of color and families with children under 18 in the home. Our first presentation reports on the prevalence of COVID-related stressors, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and adjustment disorder symptoms in a representative United States sample. Our second presentation discusses the racial disparity of PTSS in the context of COVID-19 as well as the mechanisms through which PTSS racial disparity exists. We then close with a presentation on relationships between pandemic-related stressors at the intersection of parental status, race/ethnicity, and age. We propose the need for clinical considerations among diverse groups while acknowledging PTSS due to nontraditional definitions of traumatic events.
