ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2025
Distress and coping among youth during COVID-19: a national cross sectional study in France.
Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak a pandemic. In France, this led to school closures and strict lockdown measures. This unprecedented context disrupted the social lives and mental health of children and liadolescents. Methods: CONFEADO is a nationwide cross-sectional study designed to assess psychological distress in relation to coping strategies and emotional factors. Conducted between June 9 and September 14, 2020, the study included children aged 9 to 18 and their parents, including youth in child welfare services, all of whom provided informed consent. Data were collected via a self-administered, Results: A total of 3,148 children and adolescents participated. In bivariate analyses, children who viewed religion as a positive or novel aspect of lockdown (spiritual coping) had a higher likelihood of experiencing moderate distress [OR = 1.26; 95% CI: 0.99-1.60; p = 0.06] and a significantly higher likelihood of experiencing severe distress [OR = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.44-2.74; p < 0.0001]. Relational coping was protective: lower perceived relational support was associated with increased risk of both moderate distress [OR = 0.79; 95% CI: 0.75-0.83; p < 0.0001] and severe distress [OR = 0.55; 95% CI: 0.49-0.61; p < 0.0001]. In multivariate models, severe distress was significantly associated with living in small housing, low parental perceived support, feeling overwhelmed by schoolwork, and appetite changes. Higher levels of behavioral and emotional coping difficulties and increased family conflict were also associated with greater distress. Conclusions: Coping strategies are key indicators of psychological distress in youth. Assessing how children and adolescents adapt during crises may provide deeper insights than symptom-based approaches alone. The role of spiritual coping in emotional adjustment warrants further clinical and research attention.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.