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The impact of COVID-19 on U.S. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors
Across the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic created myriad challenges for youth and families, including losses of basic needs which may be associated with increased use of maladaptive coping behaviors. In a sample of 2491 U.S. youth (ages 13–16), demographic differences in loss of basic needs an...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35095242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02411-1 |
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author | Shroff, Akash Fassler, Julia Fox, Kathryn R. Schleider, Jessica L. |
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description | Across the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic created myriad challenges for youth and families, including losses of basic needs which may be associated with increased use of maladaptive coping behaviors. In a sample of 2491 U.S. youth (ages 13–16), demographic differences in loss of basic needs and maladaptive coping were assessed using regression models. More than 21% of adolescents endorsed losing one or more basic needs (e.g., loss of access to food or shelter) and 83% endorsed use of maladaptive coping strategies (e.g., using drugs or alcohol; self-harming behaviors) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although adolescents with both majority and minority identities reported losing basic needs and engaging in maladaptive coping behaviors, minoritized youth reported more basic needs losses (ps < 0.05) and greater reliance on maladaptive coping strategies (ps < .05) than their non-minoritized peers. Furthermore, adolescents who endorsed losing basic needs were more likely to also endorse engaging in maladaptive coping behaviors (p < .05). Healthcare providers and teachers must consider basic need losses while structuring emotional and behavioral supports for youth during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-87831702022-01-24 The impact of COVID-19 on U.S. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors Shroff, Akash Fassler, Julia Fox, Kathryn R. Schleider, Jessica L. Curr Psychol Article Across the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic created myriad challenges for youth and families, including losses of basic needs which may be associated with increased use of maladaptive coping behaviors. In a sample of 2491 U.S. youth (ages 13–16), demographic differences in loss of basic needs and maladaptive coping were assessed using regression models. More than 21% of adolescents endorsed losing one or more basic needs (e.g., loss of access to food or shelter) and 83% endorsed use of maladaptive coping strategies (e.g., using drugs or alcohol; self-harming behaviors) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although adolescents with both majority and minority identities reported losing basic needs and engaging in maladaptive coping behaviors, minoritized youth reported more basic needs losses (ps < 0.05) and greater reliance on maladaptive coping strategies (ps < .05) than their non-minoritized peers. Furthermore, adolescents who endorsed losing basic needs were more likely to also endorse engaging in maladaptive coping behaviors (p < .05). Healthcare providers and teachers must consider basic need losses while structuring emotional and behavioral supports for youth during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic. Springer US 2022-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8783170/ /pubmed/35095242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02411-1 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Article Shroff, Akash Fassler, Julia Fox, Kathryn R. Schleider, Jessica L. The impact of COVID-19 on U.S. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors |
title | The impact of COVID-19 on U.S. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors |
title_full | The impact of COVID-19 on U.S. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors |
title_fullStr | The impact of COVID-19 on U.S. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of COVID-19 on U.S. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors |
title_short | The impact of COVID-19 on U.S. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 on u.s. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783170/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35095242 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02411-1 |
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