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How Challenge Stress Affects Mental Health among College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Moderating Role of Self-Efficacy

Yan Zeng^1,#, Shaoping Qiu^2,#,*, Amin Alizadeh³, Tiefang Liu⁴

1 The School of Literature and Communication, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, Guangzhou, 510665, China
2 The Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution, Texas A&M University, College Station, 77843, USA
3 The Department of Educational Administration & Human Resource Development, Texas A&M University, College Station, 77843, USA
4 The School of Educational Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, 410081, China

* Corresponding Author: Shaoping Qiu. Email:
# The first two authors (Yan Zeng and Shaoping Qiu) contributed equally to this paper and should be considered co-first authors