Association between COVID-19 risk-mitigation behaviors and specific mental disorders in youth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although studies of adults show that pre-existing mental disorders increase risk for COVID-19 infection and severity, there is limited information about this association among youth. Mental disorders in general as well as specific types of disorders may influence the ability to comply with risk-mitigation strategies to reduce COVID-19 infection and transmission.

Methods

Youth compliance (rated as "Never," "Sometimes," "Often," or "Very often/Always") with risk mitigation was reported by parents on the CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey (CRISIS) in January 2021. The sample comprised 314 female and 514 male participants from the large-scale Child Mind Institute Healthy Brain Network, a transdiagnostic self-referred, community sample of children and adolescents (ages 5

SUBMITTER: Conway KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9872749 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature