The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has wrought financial, social, and psychological problems across the United States. This project documented the emotional state of participants over a 21 day period utilizing a longitudinal daily diary. Participants were categorized into profiles defined by the variation and severity of their responses to six of the survey questions. Participants also completed an open response survey in an effort to contextualize their longitudinal data. They described positive and negative coping mechanisms that impacted their emotional state. While these open responses created a more holistic view of individuals within the study, we did not find a correlation between specific coping mechanisms and the participant profiles.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Gulbin, Matthew John
• Robie, David T.
• Zelmanow, Gwyneth

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-051220-151159

Keyword

• Social and Human Services

Advisor

• Balistrieri, Thomas J.
• Wodin-Schwartz, Sarah Jane

Year

• 2020

Date created

• 2020-05-12

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright