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ReviewBJPsych bulletin2025

Coping strategies in young people during the COVID-19 pandemic: rapid review.

Ranjita Howard, Harshini Manohar, Shekhar Seshadri, Aditya Sharma

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Review in BJPsych bulletin, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ranjita HowardNHS England Education North East, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9655-4988
Harshini ManoharNational Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1343-0988
Shekhar SeshadriNational Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.
Aditya SharmaTranslational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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methodTo better understand factors supporting young people's (age <18 years) mental health during pandemic-type conditions, we aimed to identify whether coping strategies adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic could be dichotomised according to manifesting positive or negative psychological outcomes. Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus and ASSIA databases were used to identify empirical studies that examined coping strategies used by young people experiencing psychological challenges during COVID-19.

resultsTwenty-five international studies were included, identifying that coping strategies adopted could be significantly dichotomised according to reducing or exacerbating psychological challenges. Positive coping strategies were proactive and solutions-oriented, whereas negative coping strategies were more avoidant and emotion-oriented. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: An internal locus of control may account for why adolescents exercised more proactive coping compared with their younger counterparts, although parents of younger children may offset the impact of stressors by drawing on a proposed coping framework emphasising proactivity and engagement. This would be an invaluable addition to future pandemic preparedness planning cycles.

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child and adolescent mental health servicescoping strategiesCOVID-19psychological challenges

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PMID39075765
PMCPMC12314407

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