A Sentiment Analysis Study on Gender and Racial Inequities in College Students’ Perceptions of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sajia Darwish, Elena Maker Castro, Erin Manalo-Pedro, Marina Franco, Lindsay T. Hoyt, Alison K. Cohen, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley, Harvard University, Department of Psychology, Bates College, Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Public Health Sciences, California State University, East Bay, Applied Developmental Psychology, Fordham University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco

Emerging Adulthood

Published online on March 24, 2026

Abstract

Emerging Adulthood, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 816-830, August 2026.
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated health inequities among emerging adult college students, and their experiences navigating intersectional systems of marginalization and institutional environments may have shaped their emotional wellbeing. We applied ...