Longitudinal Covid-19 effects on child mental health: vulnerability and age dependent trajectories

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few longitudinal studies have investigated the extended long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic for children’s and adolescents’ mental health, and a lack of uniform findings suggest heterogeneity in the impact of the pandemic.

Methods

This study investigated child and adolescent mental health symptoms across four occasions (pre-pandemic, initial lockdown, second lockdown, and society post reopening) using data from the Dynamics of Family Conflict study. Child and adolescent depressive vulnerability, age, and sex were explored as trajectory moderators. Children and adolescents (N = 381, Mage = 13.65, SD = 1.74) self-reported their anxiety, depression, and externalizing symptoms. Mixed effects analyses were performed to investigate trajectories across measureme

SUBMITTER: Larsen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10476387 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature