Child Anxiety and Depression Symptom Trajectories and Predictors over 15 Months of the Coronavirus Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Repeated measures are required to monitor and map trajectories of mental health symptoms that are sensitive to the changing distal and proximal stressors throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Understanding symptoms in young children is particularly important given the short- and long-term implications of early-onset internalizing symptoms. This study utilized an intensive longitudinal approach to assess the course and environmental correlates of anxiety and depression symptoms in 133 children, ages 4-11 (M_age = 7.35, SD = 1.03), in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Caregivers completed 48 repeated assessments from April 7, 2020, to June 15, 2021, on child and caregiver mental health symptoms, family functioning, and COVID-19-related environmental changes.

SUBMITTER: Gruhn M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9435416 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature