Bullying victimization and mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Ann H. Farrell, Heather Brittain, Amanda Krygsman

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Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3

Published: May 22, 2024

Bullying victimization is associated with numerous mental health difficulties yet studies from early in the COVID-19 pandemic revealed significant decreases bullying but increases for many children and adolescents. It unclear whether decrease translated to weaker associations between difficulties. Using a population-based design, we examined correlations were significantly magnitude during compared before sample of 6,578 Canadian students grades 4-12. Students randomly assigned report on their experiences either school year or pandemic. Only who reported included present study as questions specifically experienced due victimization. As expected, overall correlated pandemic, girls secondary students. Significant correlation also found predominately general, verbal, social forms victimization, not physical cyber Among lower means most pre-pandemic. Findings indicate strong coupling difficulties, particularly need reduce these improve well-being

Language: Английский

The role of loneliness and positivity on adolescents’ mental health and sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Giulia Pecora, Fiorenzo Laghi, Emma Baumgartner

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Current Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 43(27), P. 23352 - 23365

Published: March 12, 2024

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed unprecedented challenges with profound repercussions on adolescents’ mental health and sleep quality. However, only a few studies have focused the aspects potentially related to well-being during pandemic. present study aimed understand role of loneliness positivity difficulties sleep-related issues in emergency period. A sample N = 564 Italian adolescents ( M age 15.86, SD 1.41) participated survey. Hierarchical linear regression analyses revealed that was positively associated issues. In contrast, negatively Results also showed gender moderated relation between latency. detail, higher levels were reduced latency for females but not males. Overall, our findings highlight importance studying determinants such challenging events.

Language: Английский

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Totally All Alone with My Thoughts: Development, Psychometric Properties and Correlates of the Loneliness Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire DOI Creative Commons
Alison Rose, Joel O. Goldberg, Gordon L. Flett

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Psychology Research and Behavior Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: Volume 17, P. 1073 - 1085

Published: March 1, 2024

Introduction: The current article introduces the Loneliness Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (LATQ) and describes research evaluating its psychometric properties correlates. Methods: Two separate samples of university student participants (Study 1; N = 282, Study 2; 289) were administered LATQ along with a battery other measures. Whereas 1 involved preliminary investigation LATQ, 2 provided an opportunity to further expand on this aim by assessing concurrent validity measure across studies. Results: Overall, analyses confirmed that items are measured adequate degree internal consistency confirmatory factor established nine loaded significantly one replicable factor. Concurrent was in terms links loneliness measures persistent intrusive negative thoughts. Furthermore, scores associated anti-mattering, social hopelessness, anxiety, depression, unbearable psychache. Moreover, regression predicted significant unique variance depression psychache beyond attributable adaptability loneliness. Discussion: Collectively, results indicate loneliness-related automatic thoughts represent important element construct. Future applications additional issues address future discussed need for greater focus cognitive aspects is explored. Keywords: loneliness, thoughts, mattering,

Language: Английский

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Anxiety symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal examination of Canadian young adults DOI
Amanda Krygsman, Ann H. Farrell, Heather Brittain

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Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 99, P. 102769 - 102769

Published: Sept. 9, 2023

Language: Английский

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Dealing with the post-pandemic challenges faced by youths and families: The perspectives of social workers DOI Creative Commons
Marco Carradore, Giorgio Gosetti, Cristina Lonardi

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Children and Youth Services Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 108117 - 108117

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Development of subjective well-being in adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic DOI Creative Commons
Heiner Eckert, Patrick Paschke, Linda Wirthwein

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Frontiers in Education, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Jan. 30, 2025

Previous studies have already revealed detrimental effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on school students’ subjective well-being (SWB). However, there is a lack examining development various facets SWB such as life satisfaction, mood well domain satisfactions regarding peers, family, or before and during among adolescents longitudinally. Furthermore, present study aims to shed further light moderators gender, age, migration background socioeconomic status. Data from N = 207 students (Grade 5 9) two German schools were assessed four measurement time points, three one after onset pandemic. Piecewise latent growth curve models with slopes conducted investigate its moderators. They showed significant declines in general domain-specific satisfaction peers pandemic, only family decreased significantly. Among moderators, especially status indicated interindividual differences variation different facets.

Language: Английский

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Leveling the Playing Field: Opportunities for School Recess to Promote Wellness and Reduce Disparities in Elementary School Children DOI
Divya Konduru,

Kerri M. Lowrey,

Erin R. Hager

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American Journal of Health Promotion, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

Background: School recess provides several benefits to elementary school students, including physical, emotional, and social health benefits. Despite these benefits, there is a growing shift toward reducing or reallocating time in school. Furthermore, not all students have equitable access its due disparities policies implementation by socioeconomic status of the communities served academic behavioral conduct individual students. Conclusions: Strong state-level legislation requiring for schools children necessary ensure

Language: Английский

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Into the wild: a mixed-methods pilot study of the mental health benefits of a nature summer camp for urban children with psychological needs DOI Creative Commons
Snimer Nagi, Samantha Kempe, Sophie Barriault

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BMC Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Research suggests that nature promotes psychological and behavioral health among children. However, children living in low-income urban communities often have less access to green spaces compared their counterparts high-income neighborhoods, limited research has investigated the impact of on well-being social connectedness experiencing marginalization. To address this gap, mixed-methods study examined a one-week immersive camp 27 aged 6–12 years referred community hub Ottawa, Canada, for complex psychosocial difficulties. One week prior one after camp, caregivers completed survey inquiring about child's personal well-being, contact, loneliness, positive emotional state, outlook. On first last days same survey. Children also engaged an audio-recorded focus group experience inform quantitative findings. Quantitative qualitative responses were analyzed using paired samples t-tests thematic analysis, respectively. Although not statistically significant, small medium effect sizes improved state outlook reported by (p =.26, d = 0.24; p =.14, 0.31) =.12, 0.37; =.89, 0.03). Qualitative analyses groups revealed nine themes including making friends, acquiring new skills, connecting with nature. Within Canadian child context, exposure difficulties may be associated perceived enhancements connections skills. Future larger sample is needed.

Language: Английский

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Lessons for the Next Pandemic: What Children Taught Us About Navigating New Social Norms During COVID-19 DOI
Felix Warneken, Katherine McAuliffe

Current Directions in Psychological Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Research on children’s responses to preventive health behaviors during COVID-19 provides insights of both practical and theoretical importance: Understanding how children reason about is crucial for developing effective public-health campaigns. Moreover, the pandemic presented us with a unique natural experiment examining emerging sociomoral reasoning in face rapidly changing norms social practices. Here we summarize empirical findings from series experiments testing such as mask-wearing physical distancing that were introduced COVID-19. Across these studies, found apply principles interpret novel behaviors. By young age 5 years, are well equipped adapt practices by thinking through trade-offs consequences new surprisingly mature way. At same time, political views families communities reflected endorsement We conclude suggestions way developmental research can contribute our knowledge successfully prepare anticipation potential future pandemics.

Language: Английский

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The distribution of frequent perceived loneliness and its association with suicidal behaviors in adolescents: a school-based study across 93 countries/territories DOI

Wanting Hu,

Boyu Li,

Xinger Li

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European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 20, 2025

Language: Английский

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Prospective, Directional Associations Between Social Media Intensity and Loneliness in Adolescence DOI
Elizabeth B. Sherwin, Marjolein E.A. Barendse, Ronald E. Dahl

et al.

Infant and Child Development, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 34(2)

Published: March 1, 2025

ABSTRACT We investigated the relationship between social media and loneliness in early adolescents Perú across 15 months of COVID‐19 lockdowns (grades 6–8; 56% female May 2020). Cross‐sectional analyses with data from 2020 ( n = 1613) found that higher intensity was associated feelings loneliness. In a longitudinal follow‐up study 455), we bidirectional associations 2020, November July 2021, girls were subsequent increase intensity. Social not changes either gender. Our findings low‐ middle‐income urban settings underscore importance research contribute to understanding these issues globally.

Language: Английский

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