Mood and emotional reactivity of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: short-term and long-term effects and the impact of social and socioeconomic stressors.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a formative period for socio-emotional development which is threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The current longitudinal study examined two aims: (1) the short- and long-term effects of the pandemic on young people's mood (i.e. vigor, tension, and depression levels) and emotional reactivity (i.e. fluctuations in daily mood), and (2) the impact of stressors on mood, emotional reactivity, self-oriented (i.e. maladaptive behavior towards COVID-19 rules) and other-benefitting behaviors (i.e. behavior aimed at helping and comforting others). We conducted an online two-week daily diary study among 462 Dutch adolescents (M_age = 15.27 years, 64% females) and 371 young adults (M_age = 21.49 years, 81% females) in May 2020, with a follow-up in November 2020 (N = 

SUBMITTER: Green KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8172919 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature