COVID-19 Policies, Pandemic Disruptions, and Changes in Child Mental Health and Sleep in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The adverse effects of COVID-19 containment policies disrupting child mental health and sleep have been debated. However, few current estimates correct biases of these potential effects.

Objectives

To determine whether financial and school disruptions related to COVID-19 containment policies and unemployment rates were separately associated with perceived stress, sadness, positive affect, COVID-19-related worry, and sleep.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study was based on the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study COVID-19 Rapid Response Release and used data collected 5 times between May and December 2020. Indexes of state-level COVID-19 policies (restrictive, supportive) and county-level unemployment rates were used to plausibly addre

SUBMITTER: Xiao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12278772 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature