Adolescent psychopathological profiles and the outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic: Longitudinal findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Public health measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 have resulted in adverse effects, including high level of psychological distress, anxiety, and depression.

Aims

This study explored adolescent psychopathological profiles at age 17, and their role in predicting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic at age 19.

Methods

The analyses used a sample of 904 participants (mean age = 19.17 years) from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) sweep 7 who completed the mental health questions from January 2018 to March 2019 (mean age = 17.18 years) and the COVID-19 Survey in May 2020. Adolescent psychopathological profiles were identified by means of latent class analysis.

Results

Four psychopathological profiles were identified: "low-symptom class" (60.17% of par

SUBMITTER: Essau CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8569420 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature