Sleep, brain systems, and persistent stress in early adolescents during COVID-19: Insights from the ABCD study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic constituted a major life stress event for many adolescents, associated with disrupted school, behaviors, social networks, and health concerns. However, pandemic-related stress was not equivalent for everyone and could have been influenced by pre-pandemic factors including brain structure and sleep, which both undergo substantial development during adolescence. Here, we analyzed clusters of perceived stress levels across the pandemic and determined developmentally relevant pre-pandemic risk factors in brain structure and sleep of persistently high stress during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We investigated longitudinal changes in perceived stress at six timepoints across the first year of the pandemic (May 202

SUBMITTER: Kiss O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10842722 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature