COVID-19 Pandemic Quarantines and Mental Health Among Adolescents in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Adolescence is a critical developmental phase when mental health disorders, such as anxiety and depression, often emerge. Stringent public health measures and quarantine mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic could threaten adolescent mental health.

Objective

To investigate the associations of public health measures and quarantine experiences with mental distress among Norwegian adolescents and to explore if certain vulnerability factors moderate these associations.

Design, setting, and participants

This longitudinal cohort study used repeated measures to capture variations in mental distress explained by the stringency of public health measures and quarantine experiences. Data from the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child cohort study were linked to national

SUBMITTER: Pettersen JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11245726 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature