ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2022
Maternal mental health mediates the effects of pandemic-related stressors on adolescent psychopathology during COVID-19.
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- Pre-pandemic brain structure and function and adolescent psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic.Current opinion in psychology · 2023Review
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- Editorial: The critical need to assess pubertal development in studies of child and adolescent psychopathology.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2022Article
- Child, adolescent, and parent mental health in general population during a year of COVID-19 pandemic in belgium: a cross-sectional study.Discover mental health · 2022Article
- Family functioning buffers the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for children's quality of life and loneliness.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study examined whether COVID-19-related maternal mental health changes contributed to changes in adolescent psychopathology.
methodsA community sample of 226 adolescents (12 years old before COVID-19) and their mothers were asked to complete COVID-19 surveys early in the pandemic (April-May 2020, adolescents 14 years) and approximately 6 months later (November 2020-January 2021). Surveys assessed pandemic-related stressors (health, financial, social, school, environment) and mental health.
resultsLower pre-pandemic family income-to-needs ratio was associated with higher pre-pandemic maternal mental health symptoms (anxiety, depression) and adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems, and with experiencing more pandemic-related stressors. Pandemic-related stressors predicted increases in maternal mental health symptoms, but not adolescent symptoms when other variables were covaried. Higher maternal mental health symptoms predicted concurrent increases in adolescent internalizing and externalizing. Maternal mental health mediated the effects of pre-pandemic income and pandemic-related stressors on adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems.
conclusionsResults indicate that adolescent mental health is closely tied to maternal mental health during community-level stressors such as COVID-19, and that pre-existing family economic context and adolescent symptoms increase risk for elevations in symptoms of psychopathology.
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