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The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent Mental Health: Preliminary Findings From a Longitudinal Sample of Healthy and At-Risk Adolescents

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on far-reaching consequences for adolescents. Adolescents with early life stress (ELS) may be at particular risk. We sought to examine how COVID-19 impacted psychological functioning in a sample of healthy and ELS-exposed adolescents during the pandemic....

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Autores principales: Cohen, Zsofia P., Cosgrove, Kelly T., DeVille, Danielle C., Akeman, Elisabeth, Singh, Manpreet K., White, Evan, Stewart, Jennifer L., Aupperle, Robin L., Paulus, Martin P., Kirlic, Namik
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8217763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169046
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.622608
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author Cohen, Zsofia P.
Cosgrove, Kelly T.
DeVille, Danielle C.
Akeman, Elisabeth
Singh, Manpreet K.
White, Evan
Stewart, Jennifer L.
Aupperle, Robin L.
Paulus, Martin P.
Kirlic, Namik
author_facet Cohen, Zsofia P.
Cosgrove, Kelly T.
DeVille, Danielle C.
Akeman, Elisabeth
Singh, Manpreet K.
White, Evan
Stewart, Jennifer L.
Aupperle, Robin L.
Paulus, Martin P.
Kirlic, Namik
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description Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on far-reaching consequences for adolescents. Adolescents with early life stress (ELS) may be at particular risk. We sought to examine how COVID-19 impacted psychological functioning in a sample of healthy and ELS-exposed adolescents during the pandemic. Methods: A total of 24 adolescents (15 healthy, nine ELS) completed self-report measures prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The effect of COVID-19 on symptoms of depression and anxiety were explored using linear mixed-effect analyses. Results: With the onset of the pandemic, healthy but not ELS-exposed adolescents evidenced increased symptoms of depression and anxiety (ps < 0.05). Coping by talking with friends and prioritizing sleep had a protective effect against anxiety for healthy adolescents (t = −3.76, p = 0.002). Conclusions: On average, this study demonstrated large increases in depression and anxiety in adolescents who were healthy prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, while ELS-exposed adolescents evidenced high but stable symptoms over time.
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spelling pubmed-82177632021-06-23 The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent Mental Health: Preliminary Findings From a Longitudinal Sample of Healthy and At-Risk Adolescents Cohen, Zsofia P. Cosgrove, Kelly T. DeVille, Danielle C. Akeman, Elisabeth Singh, Manpreet K. White, Evan Stewart, Jennifer L. Aupperle, Robin L. Paulus, Martin P. Kirlic, Namik Front Pediatr Pediatrics Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on far-reaching consequences for adolescents. Adolescents with early life stress (ELS) may be at particular risk. We sought to examine how COVID-19 impacted psychological functioning in a sample of healthy and ELS-exposed adolescents during the pandemic. Methods: A total of 24 adolescents (15 healthy, nine ELS) completed self-report measures prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The effect of COVID-19 on symptoms of depression and anxiety were explored using linear mixed-effect analyses. Results: With the onset of the pandemic, healthy but not ELS-exposed adolescents evidenced increased symptoms of depression and anxiety (ps < 0.05). Coping by talking with friends and prioritizing sleep had a protective effect against anxiety for healthy adolescents (t = −3.76, p = 0.002). Conclusions: On average, this study demonstrated large increases in depression and anxiety in adolescents who were healthy prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, while ELS-exposed adolescents evidenced high but stable symptoms over time. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8217763/ /pubmed/34169046 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.622608 Text en Copyright © 2021 Cohen, Cosgrove, DeVille, Akeman, Singh, White, Stewart, Aupperle, Paulus and Kirlic. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Pediatrics
Cohen, Zsofia P.
Cosgrove, Kelly T.
DeVille, Danielle C.
Akeman, Elisabeth
Singh, Manpreet K.
White, Evan
Stewart, Jennifer L.
Aupperle, Robin L.
Paulus, Martin P.
Kirlic, Namik
The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent Mental Health: Preliminary Findings From a Longitudinal Sample of Healthy and At-Risk Adolescents
title The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent Mental Health: Preliminary Findings From a Longitudinal Sample of Healthy and At-Risk Adolescents
title_full The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent Mental Health: Preliminary Findings From a Longitudinal Sample of Healthy and At-Risk Adolescents
title_fullStr The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent Mental Health: Preliminary Findings From a Longitudinal Sample of Healthy and At-Risk Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent Mental Health: Preliminary Findings From a Longitudinal Sample of Healthy and At-Risk Adolescents
title_short The Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescent Mental Health: Preliminary Findings From a Longitudinal Sample of Healthy and At-Risk Adolescents
title_sort impact of covid-19 on adolescent mental health: preliminary findings from a longitudinal sample of healthy and at-risk adolescents
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8217763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169046
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.622608
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