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ArticleChild and adolescent mental health2023

COVID-19 stressors and symptoms of anxiety and depression in a community sample of children and adolescents.

Kelly H Watson, Mary Jo Coiro, Abagail E Ciriegio, Angelique Dakkak, Maile T Jones, Jennie Reisman, Autumn Kujawa, Bruce E Compas

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Article in Child and adolescent mental health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kelly H WatsonDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6700-651X
Mary Jo CoiroLoyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Abagail E CiriegioDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Angelique DakkakLoyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Maile T JonesDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Jennie ReismanDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Autumn KujawaDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Bruce E CompasDepartment of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Vanderbilt University · USLoyola University Maryland · US

Funding

Overall: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center at VanderbiltP50HD103537 · NICHD · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI Lea K Davis · 2020 to 2026
$10.3M
LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT OF NORMAL AND ABNORMAL BEHAVIORT32MH018921 · NIMH · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI HUMPHREYS, KATHRYN LEIGH · 1989 to 2024
$6.7M
NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH018921
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 public health crisis has created abrupt and unparalleled disruptions to the daily lives of children and adolescents across the world, placing them at significant risk for developing symptoms of anxiety and depression.

methodThe current study used two data collection periods to determine which types of COVID-19-related stressors were associated with the greatest risk of anxiety and depression symptoms in a community sample of children and adolescents in the United States (U.S.) from May-August 2020 (T1) to February-April 2021 (T2). Seventy-nine youth (ages 10-17; M = 13.41, SD = 2.10; 54.4% female) completed a battery of online standardized questionnaires about COVID-19 stress and psychiatric symptoms at T1 and 56 of these also participated at T2.

resultsThe majority of children and adolescents reported experiencing the COVID-19-related stressors in multiple domains including daily routines, interpersonal relationships, education, finances, and health. A substantial proportion of the sample reported clinical levels of depression and anxiety symptoms at both T1 and T2. Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that, controlling for T1 anxiety and depression symptoms, T2 interpersonal stressors were significantly associated with elevated depression and anxiety scores at T2.

conclusionsThe findings highlight the salience of social connection for children and adolescents, and may also underscore the risk associated with lockdown restrictions, social distancing, and school closures during the pandemic.

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COVID-19DepressionAdolescentAnxietyAnxiety DisordersChildCommunicable Disease ControlFemaleHumansMaleadolescentsanxietychildrenCOVID-19depressionstress

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PMID36161757
PMCPMC9538715
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