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The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional-Behavioral Sequelae for Children and Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Their Families

This study aimed to investigate the immediate and short-term impact of the pandemic on the psychological well-being of Italian children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders and their families. Overall, 56 patients aged 6–18 (M = 13.4 years, SD = 2.77) and their parents were evaluated during th...

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Autores principales: Raffagnato, Alessia, Iannattone, Sara, Tascini, Benedetta, Venchiarutti, Martina, Broggio, Alessia, Zanato, Silvia, Traverso, Annalisa, Mascoli, Cataldo, Manganiello, Alexa, Miscioscia, Marina, Gatta, Michela
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8471939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574803
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189880
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author Raffagnato, Alessia
Iannattone, Sara
Tascini, Benedetta
Venchiarutti, Martina
Broggio, Alessia
Zanato, Silvia
Traverso, Annalisa
Mascoli, Cataldo
Manganiello, Alexa
Miscioscia, Marina
Gatta, Michela
author_facet Raffagnato, Alessia
Iannattone, Sara
Tascini, Benedetta
Venchiarutti, Martina
Broggio, Alessia
Zanato, Silvia
Traverso, Annalisa
Mascoli, Cataldo
Manganiello, Alexa
Miscioscia, Marina
Gatta, Michela
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description This study aimed to investigate the immediate and short-term impact of the pandemic on the psychological well-being of Italian children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders and their families. Overall, 56 patients aged 6–18 (M = 13.4 years, SD = 2.77) and their parents were evaluated during the COVID-19 lockdown (T0) and after 4 months (T1). An ad hoc data sheet, Youth Self-Report 11–18 (YSR), Child Behavior Checklist 6–18 (CBCL), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) were administered. Patients, mainly suffering from internalizing disorders, overall demonstrated a good adaptation to the pandemic context. Moreover, patients with behavioral disorders showed a greater psychological discomfort at both T0 and T1 compared to patients with internalizing disorders. Over time, patients presented an improvement on the emotional side, as proven by a significant decrease in internalizing and post-traumatic stress problems. Finally, no significant differences were found in the emotional-behavioral profile of patients according to the means of conducting neuropsychiatric interventions during the lockdown (i.e., in person/remotely/interrupted), thus allowing us to exclude important negative effects caused by the transition to remote therapy. Concerning parents, an inverse relationship emerged between the DASS-21 scores and the level of resilience, which therefore represents a protective factor against psychological maladjustment. Over time, an improvement in the psychological well-being of parents was observed, as shown by a significant decrease in mothers’ anxiety and fathers’ stress.
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spelling pubmed-84719392021-09-28 The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional-Behavioral Sequelae for Children and Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Their Families Raffagnato, Alessia Iannattone, Sara Tascini, Benedetta Venchiarutti, Martina Broggio, Alessia Zanato, Silvia Traverso, Annalisa Mascoli, Cataldo Manganiello, Alexa Miscioscia, Marina Gatta, Michela Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to investigate the immediate and short-term impact of the pandemic on the psychological well-being of Italian children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders and their families. Overall, 56 patients aged 6–18 (M = 13.4 years, SD = 2.77) and their parents were evaluated during the COVID-19 lockdown (T0) and after 4 months (T1). An ad hoc data sheet, Youth Self-Report 11–18 (YSR), Child Behavior Checklist 6–18 (CBCL), and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) were administered. Patients, mainly suffering from internalizing disorders, overall demonstrated a good adaptation to the pandemic context. Moreover, patients with behavioral disorders showed a greater psychological discomfort at both T0 and T1 compared to patients with internalizing disorders. Over time, patients presented an improvement on the emotional side, as proven by a significant decrease in internalizing and post-traumatic stress problems. Finally, no significant differences were found in the emotional-behavioral profile of patients according to the means of conducting neuropsychiatric interventions during the lockdown (i.e., in person/remotely/interrupted), thus allowing us to exclude important negative effects caused by the transition to remote therapy. Concerning parents, an inverse relationship emerged between the DASS-21 scores and the level of resilience, which therefore represents a protective factor against psychological maladjustment. Over time, an improvement in the psychological well-being of parents was observed, as shown by a significant decrease in mothers’ anxiety and fathers’ stress. MDPI 2021-09-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8471939/ /pubmed/34574803 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189880 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Raffagnato, Alessia
Iannattone, Sara
Tascini, Benedetta
Venchiarutti, Martina
Broggio, Alessia
Zanato, Silvia
Traverso, Annalisa
Mascoli, Cataldo
Manganiello, Alexa
Miscioscia, Marina
Gatta, Michela
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional-Behavioral Sequelae for Children and Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Their Families
title The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional-Behavioral Sequelae for Children and Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Their Families
title_full The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional-Behavioral Sequelae for Children and Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Their Families
title_fullStr The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional-Behavioral Sequelae for Children and Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Their Families
title_full_unstemmed The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional-Behavioral Sequelae for Children and Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Their Families
title_short The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study on the Emotional-Behavioral Sequelae for Children and Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Their Families
title_sort covid-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study on the emotional-behavioral sequelae for children and adolescents with neuropsychiatric disorders and their families
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8471939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574803
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189880
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