Quaranteens: Prepandemic relationship quality and changes in adolescent internalizing problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9109126 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-7795 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10508392 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Res Adolesc Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell
Original Publication: Hillsdale, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c1991-

COVID-19*; Humans ; Female ; Adolescent ; Male ; Longitudinal Studies ; Pandemics ; Communicable Disease Control ; Mothers

This preregistered longitudinal study examined changes in adolescents' depressive and anxiety symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic using latent additive piece-wise growth models. It also assessed whether support from and conflict with mothers, fathers, siblings, and best friends explained heterogeneity in change patterns. One hundred and ninety-two Dutch adolescents (Mean age: 14.3 years; 68.8% female) completed online biweekly questionnaires for a year (November 2019-October 2020), consisting of a prepandemic, lockdown, and reopening phase. Depressive symptoms increased following the lockdown and decreased upon reopening. Anxiety symptoms showed an immediate decrease followed by a gradual increase in the reopening phase. Prepandemic family and best friend support and conflict did not explain heterogeneity in depressive and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(© 2023 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research on Adolescence.)

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Keywords: COVID-19; adolescents; internalizing problems; relationship quality

Date Created: 20230607 Date Completed: 20231117 Latest Revision: 20231228

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