Evaluation of Psychological and Physical Violence towards Children and Adolescents before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Lodz Voivodship.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been shown that the course of COVID-19 infection in the under-18 population was in many cases sparsely symptomatic. In contrast, the impact of the pandemic on the psychological state is quite different. The risk of psychopathological symptoms in children and adolescents increased and the course of already present psychiatric disorders has often been exacerbated.

Objectives

Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of psychological and physical violence among children and adolescents and its change during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to investigate various factors that might affect violence.

Methods

In this survey study, 782 responses were included, with 480 collected during the second and 302 during the fourth wave of COVID-19. In this c

SUBMITTER: Grzejszczak J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10813170 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature