Well-being and COVID-19-related worries of German children and adolescents: A longitudinal study from pre-COVID to the end of lockdown in Spring 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is concern that pandemic measures put a strain on the health and well-being of children. We investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lockdown, and social distancing on the well-being, media use, and emotions of children and adolescents between 9 and 18 years.

Methods

We used linear and proportional odds logistic regression correcting for age, sex, and socioeconomic status (SES) and to compare media use, peers/social support, physical, and psychological well-being between 2019 (pre-COVID baseline) and two time points shortly after the start of the lockdown (last week of March and April 2020, respectively) in 391 9-19-year-old healthy children and adolescents of the LIFE Child cohort. COVID-19-related feelings and their relationship to age, sex,

SUBMITTER: Vogel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8250267 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature