Predictors of Adolescent Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cognitive Reappraisal and Humor

PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to slow the spread of disease have particularly affected the lives of adolescents. Many studies have recently identified the risks to adolescent mental health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet few have identified the markers of resilience to the events an...

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Autores principales: Kuhlman, Kate R., Straka, Kelci, Mousavi, Zahra, Tran, Mai-Lan, Rodgers, Emma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34384704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.07.006
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Straka, Kelci
Mousavi, Zahra
Tran, Mai-Lan
Rodgers, Emma
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description PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to slow the spread of disease have particularly affected the lives of adolescents. Many studies have recently identified the risks to adolescent mental health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet few have identified the markers of resilience to the events and concerns associated with the pandemic's lived experience. This study examined the moderating role of psychosocial resources in the association between the tangible and emotional experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and symptoms of common psychiatric problems during adolescence (depression, anxiety, proactive and reactive aggression, and sleep problems). METHODS: Participants were adolescents in the United States who were oversampled for early life adversity before the COVID-19 pandemic. The psychosocial resources assessed were humor styles, emotion regulation, social support, optimism, and purpose in life, which have previously been identified as protective in the acute aftermath of stressful events. RESULTS: Greater COVID-19 impact was associated with more anxiety, depressive symptoms, sleep disturbance, and proactive aggression. COVID-19 impact and psychiatric symptoms were unrelated among youth reporting high self-enhancing humor and cognitive reappraisal. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents high in humor and cognitive reappraisal may be protected against the mental health correlates of the COVID-19 pandemic and other prolonged stressors. Importantly, these factors are known to be modifiable through behavioral interventions. Attention to their effectiveness in prevention and intervention studies is needed as the pandemic continues to exert its impact on individuals and society.
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spelling pubmed-84601692021-09-24 Predictors of Adolescent Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cognitive Reappraisal and Humor Kuhlman, Kate R. Straka, Kelci Mousavi, Zahra Tran, Mai-Lan Rodgers, Emma J Adolesc Health Original Article PURPOSE: The COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to slow the spread of disease have particularly affected the lives of adolescents. Many studies have recently identified the risks to adolescent mental health posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet few have identified the markers of resilience to the events and concerns associated with the pandemic's lived experience. This study examined the moderating role of psychosocial resources in the association between the tangible and emotional experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and symptoms of common psychiatric problems during adolescence (depression, anxiety, proactive and reactive aggression, and sleep problems). METHODS: Participants were adolescents in the United States who were oversampled for early life adversity before the COVID-19 pandemic. The psychosocial resources assessed were humor styles, emotion regulation, social support, optimism, and purpose in life, which have previously been identified as protective in the acute aftermath of stressful events. RESULTS: Greater COVID-19 impact was associated with more anxiety, depressive symptoms, sleep disturbance, and proactive aggression. COVID-19 impact and psychiatric symptoms were unrelated among youth reporting high self-enhancing humor and cognitive reappraisal. CONCLUSIONS: Adolescents high in humor and cognitive reappraisal may be protected against the mental health correlates of the COVID-19 pandemic and other prolonged stressors. Importantly, these factors are known to be modifiable through behavioral interventions. Attention to their effectiveness in prevention and intervention studies is needed as the pandemic continues to exert its impact on individuals and society. Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. 2021-11 2021-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8460169/ /pubmed/34384704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.07.006 Text en © 2021 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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Rodgers, Emma
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title_fullStr Predictors of Adolescent Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cognitive Reappraisal and Humor
title_full_unstemmed Predictors of Adolescent Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cognitive Reappraisal and Humor
title_short Predictors of Adolescent Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cognitive Reappraisal and Humor
title_sort predictors of adolescent resilience during the covid-19 pandemic: cognitive reappraisal and humor
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8460169/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.07.006
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