Protective role of school climate for impacts of COVID-19 on depressive symptoms and psychotic experiences among adolescents: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Schools are central places for adolescent social lives, which is a major factor greatly affecting adolescent mental health; school climate (i.e. quality of the school social environments) can be a proximal social determinant for adolescent mental health. Supportive school environments may serve as a protective factor during crises like COVID-19, which disrupt social lives and worsen adolescent mental health. This is the first study examining whether the pandemic effects differed based on the levels of school climate on depressive symptoms (DS) and psychotic experiences (PEs) among adolescents.

Methods

School climate (score range: 0-28), DS (0-26), and PEs (0-5) were self-reported in a population-based cohort (Tokyo Teen Cohort; N = 3171) at four timepoints

SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11769899 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature