Changes in emotions and worries during the Covid-19 pandemic: an online-survey with children and adults with and without mental health conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has spread quickly worldwide with dramatic consequences on our daily lives. Adverse psychosocial consequences of Covid-19 might be particularly severe for children and adolescents, parents of young children and people with mental health conditions (mhc), who are more prone to the experience of psychosocial stress and who are more dependent on the access to professional psychosocial support. The present survey therefore aimed to explore perceived stress and the emotional responses of children and adolescents as well as adults with and without mhc during the social restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Methods

The survey gathered information about 284 children and adolescent (parent-on-child-reports) and 456 adults (incl

SUBMITTER: Rothe J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7897360 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature