This research sought to identify differences in perceived stress and personal resilience across gender, race, and different types of stressors (such as rent or mortgage stress) among a sample of United States residents experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic. It used a cross-sectional, convenience sampling design for primary survey data collected over 10 weeks starting in April 2020 (n=374). Independent t-tests and binary logistic regression were performed to determine statistically significant differences between gender and race for perceived stress and personal resilience and to pinpoint key contributing factors. Results indicate women exhibited higher levels of stress, with non-IPV (intimate partner violence) reporting women evidencing higher levels of resilience than IPV reporting women. Racial minority women were more likely to experience nutritional stress, whereas White women were more likely to worry about rent or mortgage stress. These findings provide insight into disparate impacts across vulnerable populations at the start of a crisis with implications for improving pre- and post-disaster interventions.

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灾难的不同影响：分析跨性别和种族的感知压力和个人适应力

这项研究试图确定在经历 COVID-19 大流行的美国居民样本中，在性别、种族和不同类型的压力源（例如租金或抵押贷款压力）中感知压力和个人恢复力的差异。它对从 2020 年 4 月开始的 10 周内收集的主要调查数据使用了横断面的便利抽样设计（n=374）。进行独立 t 检验和二元逻辑回归以确定性别和种族之间在感知压力和个人恢复力方面的统计学显着差异，并查明关键影响因素。结果表明，女性表现出更高水平的压力，非 IPV（亲密伴侣暴力）报告的女性比报告 IPV 的女性表现出更高的复原力。少数族裔女性更有可能承受营养压力，而白人女性则更有可能担心房租或抵押贷款压力。这些发现提供了对危机开始时对弱势群体的不同影响的深入了解，并对改进灾前和灾后干预措施产生了影响。