Stronger together: Coping behaviours and mental health changes of Canadian adolescents in early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent public health restrictions on the mental health of adolescents is of global concern. The purpose of this study was to examine how Canadian adolescents coped during the early pandemic and whether different coping methods were associated with changes in mental health from before the pandemic to the early lockdown response.

Methods

Using two-year linked survey data (2018-2020) from a prospective cohort of secondary school students (n = 3,577), linear regression models were used to examine whether changes in mental health (anxiety [Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale], depression [Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression 10-item scale Revised], emotion regulation [Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale], psychos

SUBMITTER: Riazi NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9924880 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature