Internet behavior patterns of adolescents before, during, and after COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The outbreak of COVID-19 has affected the mental health of adolescents. To describe the Internet behavior-changing patterns of adolescents and to understand the impact of clinical features on changing patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Materials and methods

We conducted a cross-sectional cohort study using data collected through online investigation in China. A total of 625 adolescents completed the online survey from May 15 to June 7, 2020. The adolescents were asked to retrospect to the Internet behaviors and game behaviors of three time periods as follows: before the COVID-19 outbreak in China, during the COVID-19 outbreak in China, and back to school. The clinical variables of the demographic data, family functionality, and emotional and behavioral symptom

SUBMITTER: Wu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685307 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature