Time trends in emotional well-being and self-esteem in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Given their unique COVID-19 pandemic experience, it is necessary to evaluate the mental health of youth beyond the initial stages of the pandemic, in relation to the stringency of the social distancing measures. We aimed to describe long-term trends in emotional well-being and self-esteem among youth in Japan during the pandemic.

Method

Using serial cross-sectional data from April 2020 to December 2021, we evaluated the trends in emotional well-being and self-esteem of youth aged 6-17 years using the self-report KINDL questionnaire, weighted to represent the age and gender distributions in the Japanese population. We then tested the associations between emotional well-being and self-esteem and stringency of social distancing policies, measured using the Oxford COVI

SUBMITTER: Goto R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9685852 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature