ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2022
Changes in Adolescent Mental and Somatic Health Complaints Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Three-Wave Prospective Longitudinal Study.
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- Clarifying the Links between Perceived Stress and Depressiveness: a Longitudinal Study of COVID-19's Effects on Adolescents in Germany.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2024Article
- Longitudinal Changes in Youth Mental Health From Before to During the COVID-19 Pandemic.JAMA network open · 2024Observational
- COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantines and Mental Health Among Adolescents in Norway.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for child and adolescent mental health.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024Review
- Predictors of loneliness among middle childhood and adolescence during the COVID-19 pandemic.PloS one · 2024Article
- The change of psychosocial stress factors in families with infants and toddlers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A longitudinal perspective on the CoronabaBY study from Germany.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Evolution of Youth's Mental Health and Quality of Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Tyrol, Italy: Comparison of Two Representative Surveys.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeMeasures taken to limit the spread of the COVID-19 may have had unintended consequences for the mental and somatic health of children and adolescents.
methodsA nationwide three-wave survey in a representative sample of 12-16 year olds in Norway, with baseline data collected in January 2019 (n = 9,240; 49% girls) and follow-ups in June 2020 (n = 3,564; 49% girls) and June 2021 (n = 3,540; 47% girls). Linear mixed-effects models were used to estimate change and identify predictors thereof in mental and somatic health complaints.
resultsFollowing an initial stable trend from before the pandemic to the early phase, both mental health problems (predicted value at T1 .56 [CI .55, .58], T1-T2 change -.04 [CI -.07, -.02], T2-T3 change .12 [CI .09, .14]) and somatic health complaints (predicted value at T1 .59 [95% CI .58, .61], T1-T2 difference -.09 [95% CI -.11, -.65], T2-T3 difference .18 [95% CI .15, .21]) increased significantly 15 months into the pandemic, when controlling for age in the models. When compared to boys, girls had a significantly more pronounced increase in mental health problems and somatic health; loneliness in the early stages of the pandemic significantly predicted health complaints one year later, both mental and somatic complaints. DISCUSSION: Our findings suggest that the prolonged pandemic situation and the related societal restrictions have had an impact on adolescent health in general and on the health of girls in particular. The rise in mental and somatic health complaints can in part be attributed to an increase in loneliness.
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