Covid-19 emerged in December of 2019 and continues to overwhelm the world. To date (June 21, 2021), there have been 178,118,597 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and 3,864,180 deaths due to COVID-19 (World Health Organization, 2021). The United States of America, Brazil, and India have been hit especially hard. However, few places around the world have escaped the devastating effects of COVID-19. The desolation throughout the world has been unimaginable and COVID-19 now is the leading cause of death in many countries including the United States of America (Woolf et al., 2021). Although older adults clearly have been most likely to be physically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, younger adults have been most at risk for negative psychologically effects - emerging adults, in particular, have the highest levels of pandemic-related stress, loneliness, anxiety, and depression (Varma et al., 2021).

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特刊简介：COVID-19 大流行对新兴成年人生活的影响

Covid-19 于 2019 年 12 月出现，并继续席卷全球。迄今为止（2021 年 6 月 21 日），已有 178,118,597 例 COVID-19 确诊病例，3,864,180 例死于 COVID-19（世界卫生组织，2021 年）。美国、巴西和印度受到的打击尤其严重。然而，世界上很少有地方能逃脱 COVID-19 的破坏性影响。全世界的荒凉是难以想象的，COVID-19 现在是包括美利坚合众国在内的许多国家的主要死因（Woolf 等，2021）。尽管老年人显然最有可能受到 COVID-19 大流行的身体影响，但年轻人最有可能受到负面心理影响——尤其是新兴成年人，与大流行相关的压力、孤独感、