COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique.

ABSTRACT: The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, entailing widespread school closures as well as acute disruptions to household livelihoods, had substantial consequences for adolescent well-being in low-income countries. We present novel evidence about the prevalence of mental health challenges among adolescent students in rural Mozambique using data from an in-person survey conducted in 105 schools in 2021, immediately following the post-pandemic school reopening. In our sample, 31% of students reported low levels of well-being (though only 10% suffer from high anxiety): students enrolled in schools that used a wider variety of distance learning measures and who had more robust social networks reported lower anxiety, while students who experienced household-level disruptions linked to the pandemic rep

SUBMITTER: Chimbutane F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10010050 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature