ERIC Number: EJ1409353
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 31
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0272-930X
EISSN: EISSN-1535-0266
Examining Adolescents' Mental Health before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Heather A. Yarger; Deena Shariq; Alexandra C. Hickey; Elizabeth Giacobbe; Sarah L. Dziura; Elizabeth Redcay
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, v69 n1 Article 1 p1-29 2023
The current study characterized the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders on adolescents' internalizing symptoms and assessed predictors of adolescents' internalizing symptoms during the pandemic. Seventy-nine adolescents (18 autistic, 61 nonautistic) and their parents who participated in a previous study and were at least 10 years old (M = 13.8, SD = 1.7) were invited to participate in three online follow-up surveys post-stay-at-home order (May through November 2020). Measures of children's anxiety and depressive symptoms, parenting practices, family togetherness, conflict, financial problems, and parental mental health during the pandemic were collected. Nonautistic adolescents experienced a significant decrease in anxiety symptoms across the beginning of the pandemic and a significant increase in depressive symptoms from pre- to post-stay-at-home order. Permissive parenting and financial problems predicted adolescents' depressive symptoms. Parental mental health difficulties and permissive parenting predicted adolescents' anxiety symptoms. Results underscore the need to support parents and youth.
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mental Health, COVID-19, Pandemics, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Parenting Styles, Family Relationship, Conflict, Financial Problems, Parents, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH)
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Identifiers - Location: Maryland; Virginia; District of Columbia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule; Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01MH107441