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Emotional symptoms and their related factors in adolescents during the acute phase of Covid-19 outbreak in South Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have shown that during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, emotional symptoms increased in the general population. Less is known about youths.

Methods

We surveyed a sample of Italian adolescents during the strictest quarantine period and assessed the effects of socio-demographic and psychological factors on current emotional symptoms. A convenient sample of 326 adolescents (age range 14-19 years) participated in a web-based survey. We collected data on several socio-demographic and psychological variables (summarized into three indexes: environmental context, changes in lifestyle, and worries about infection) and psychopathological symptoms (previous psychopathological status, current anxiety and depressive symptoms).

Results

Descriptive analysis showed that adolescents have experienced quarantine under very different conditions; they reported 47.5 and 14.1% of anxiety and depressive symptoms, respectively. Regression analyses indicated that previous psychopathological status and worries about infection are linked to anxiety and that female gender, previous psychopathological status (moderated by change in lifestyle), worse environmental context are linked to depression.

Conclusion

This study indicates that, facing the COVID-19 pandemic and its related safety measures, adolescents show relevant emotional symptoms and therefore should be monitored, assessed and supported.

SUBMITTER: Pisano S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8026329 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Emotional symptoms and their related factors in adolescents during the acute phase of Covid-19 outbreak in South Italy.

Pisano Simone S Catone Gennaro G Gritti Antonella A Almerico Luisa L Pezzella Anna A Santangelo Pia P Bravaccio Carmela C Iuliano Raffaella R Senese Vincenzo Paolo VP

Italian journal of pediatrics 20210408 1

<h4>Background</h4>Several studies have shown that during COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, emotional symptoms increased in the general population. Less is known about youths.<h4>Methods</h4>We surveyed a sample of Italian adolescents during the strictest quarantine period and assessed the effects of socio-demographic and psychological factors on current emotional symptoms. A convenient sample of 326 adolescents (age range 14-19 years) participated in a web-based survey. We collected data on several s ...[more]

PMID: 33827644

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Emotional symptoms and their related factors in adolescents during the acute phase of Covid-19 outbreak in South Italy.

Background

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Emotional symptoms and their related factors in adolescents during the acute phase of Covid-19 outbreak in South Italy.

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