Abstract
We analyzed data from 7,269 first-generation college students enrolled at nine large, public research-intensive universities who completed the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) COVID-19 survey. In our sample, 40.3% of first-generation students experienced clinically significant symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD) and 44.6% experienced clinically significant symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)-figures higher than national averages. We discuss several individual, interpersonal, institutional, health and safety, and academic and financial stressors that were associated with first-generation students' clinically significant MDD and GAD symptoms.