{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lewis J"],"funding":["NIMH NIH HHS","Virginia Tech","US Department of Education","NIGMS NIH HHS","Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation"],"pagination":["404-414"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12376415"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>This longitudinal study investigated the predictors of and changes in psychological trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic.<h4>Method</h4>Participants included 236 adolescents (130 males; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 16.74 years in spring 2020; 49.6% diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; 16.1% diagnosed with an anxiety or depressive disorder) in the United States who completed online questionnaires at four timepoints (spring 2020, summer 2020, fall 2020, spring 2021).<h4>Results</h4>Repeated measures ANOVA showed that psychological trauma was highest during stay-at-home orders in spring 2020, and decreased for a majority of adolescents by the summer of 2020. However, ~20% of adolescents exhibited moderate-to-clinical levels of psychological trauma at each timepoint. Four groups were identified based on the presence of psychological trauma symptoms: (a) <i>resilient group</i> (normal range across all timepoints; 60.6%); (b) <i>moderate fluctuating group</i> (moderate range at 1 or more timepoints; 18.2%); (c) <i>severe fluctuating group</i> (clinical range at 1 or more timepoints; 14.0%); and (d) <i>chronic psychological trauma group</i> (moderate or clinical range across all timepoints; 7.2%). Females, adolescents with preexisting internalizing disorders, and participants whose families were most impacted by the pandemic were more susceptible to experiencing psychological trauma symptoms.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Findings highlight at-risk populations and suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in psychological trauma symptoms for approximately 20% of adolescents at some point during the first year of the pandemic. There is critical need to provide mental health services to adolescents, such as through school-based services, to reduce the negative long-term psychological impact of the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)."],"journal":["Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy"],"pubmed_title":["Prospective examination of psychological trauma among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic."],"pmcid":["PMC12376415"],"funding_grant_id":["R25 GM072767","R305A160126","K23 MH108603"],"pubmed_authors":["Jayakumar S","Lewis J","Langberg JM","Dvorsky MR","Breaux R","Becker SP"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Prospective examination of psychological trauma among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>This longitudinal study investigated the predictors of and changes in psychological trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic.<h4>Method</h4>Participants included 236 adolescents (130 males; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 16.74 years in spring 2020; 49.6% diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; 16.1% diagnosed with an anxiety or depressive disorder) in the United States who completed online questionnaires at four timepoints (spring 2020, summer 2020, fall 2020, spring 2021).<h4>Results</h4>Repeated measures ANOVA showed that psychological trauma was highest during stay-at-home orders in spring 2020, and decreased for a majority of adolescents by the summer of 2020. However, ~20% of adolescents exhibited moderate-to-clinical levels of psychological trauma at each timepoint. Four groups were identified based on the presence of psychological trauma symptoms: (a) <i>resilient group</i> (normal range across all timepoints; 60.6%); (b) <i>moderate fluctuating group</i> (moderate range at 1 or more timepoints; 18.2%); (c) <i>severe fluctuating group</i> (clinical range at 1 or more timepoints; 14.0%); and (d) <i>chronic psychological trauma group</i> (moderate or clinical range across all timepoints; 7.2%). Females, adolescents with preexisting internalizing disorders, and participants whose families were most impacted by the pandemic were more susceptible to experiencing psychological trauma symptoms.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Findings highlight at-risk populations and suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in psychological trauma symptoms for approximately 20% of adolescents at some point during the first year of the pandemic. There is critical need to provide mental health services to adolescents, such as through school-based services, to reduce the negative long-term psychological impact of the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Mar","modification":"2026-05-09T19:10:51.394Z","creation":"2026-04-08T01:11:02.025Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC12376415","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35862087"],"doi":["10.1037/tra0001311"]}}