Research Review: The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of children and young people with pre‐existing mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions – a systematic review and meta‐analysis of longitudinal studies

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 30, 2025

Background Systematic reviews have suggested mixed effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on mental health children and young people. However, most included studies focused general population were cross‐sectional. The long‐term impact those with pre‐existing and/or neurodevelopmental conditions remains unclear. Thus, we conducted a systematic review meta‐analysis to examine longitudinal this clinical potential explanatory factors. Methods Ovid Medline, Embase, APA PsycInfo Global Health databases searched between 1 January 2020 3 August 2023 (PROSPERO CRD42022383546). We that compared symptoms pre‐ during timepoints in people (≤18 years old) conditions. Outcomes internalising, externalising other symptoms. Risk bias was rated using an adapted tool. Included narratively synthesised multi‐level meta‐analyses where number sufficient. Results identified 21 ( N = 2,617) from 6,083 records. Studies differed across countries, diagnoses, measures, informants timepoints. All had overall moderate‐to‐high risk bias. Narrative synthesis found evidence symptom change, individual showing increase/reduction/no change. Factors such as diagnosis, baseline severity, age sex/gender may explain variation outcomes. Multi‐level feasible for limited outcomes no significant changes internalising versus or phases, high heterogeneity noted. Conclusions varied according contextual vulnerabilities, which not fully captured pooled analyses. Further research needs investigate longer‐term impacts better stratify vulnerable population.

Язык: Английский

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Emotionally Based School Avoidance in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Neurodiversity, Agency and Belonging in School

Education Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(2), С. 156 - 156

Опубликована: Фев. 2, 2024

Lockdowns at the peak of COVID-19 pandemic led to extended school closures globally, and in many countries attendance has not recovered pre-pandemic levels. In England, education leaders have expressed concern both about increased anxiety among pupils chronic absenteeism post-pandemic, against a backdrop over decade increasing mental health need children young people. This article presents narrative review with aims (a) conceptualising emotionally based avoidance (EBSA), (b) identifying strategies for supporting people experiencing psychological barriers attending school. The underlying reasons being experienced as hostile environment by minority are explored, research findings specifically relating experiences neurodivergent mainstream settings included an illustrative example. constructs belongingness agency discussed potential mechanisms change. Finally, psychologically informed address EBSA reviewed, drawing on framework multiple systems support. To reduce EBSA, thus avoid exacerbating educational inequalities disadvantaged groups, it is essential understand work collaboratively compassionately families towards solutions.

Язык: Английский

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Generation Z’s Challenges to Financial Independence: Adolescents’ and Early Emerging Adults’ Perspectives on Their Financial Futures

Journal of Adolescent Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Июнь 10, 2024

This research examines how shared generational challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, shape Generation Z’s perceptions of their financial futures in United States. We were particularly attentive to young people’s future orientation—an individual’s image future—as they developed aspirations, expectations, and plans for attaining independence adulthood. In-depth interviews conducted with 32 adolescents early emerging adults (aged 14–22) from Washington State who diverse race gender. found that participants perceived instability economic system U.S. restricting ability imagine prepare later life. Participants responded constraints, rising living costs education, by altering futures. These findings have implications developmental transition

Язык: Английский

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Navigating changes: reflecting on children and young people’s experiences of public health and social measures during the COVID-19 pandemic- a purposive, qualitative follow-up from a national probability sample

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 29(1-2), С. 18 - 35

Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic brought abrupt changes and disruption to the lives of children young people. This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews explore how participants navigated national lockdowns (including school closures), social restrictions, reintegration back into pre-pandemic routines. Twenty children, people parents were purposively sampled from Mental Health Children Young People's Survey, 2020. We identified three major themes through thematic analysis, with discussing (1) learning experiences, (2) emotions coping, (3) decompression discovery. Experiences during highly variable. Participants emphasised importance familial connections, access engaging environments, structure/routine in promoting health well-being.

Язык: Английский

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“The most important thing is to communicate with students”: experiences and voices of Canadian youth during the COVID-19 pandemic

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 28(1)

Опубликована: Авг. 1, 2023

This study aimed to learn directly from youth about how they navigated and experienced the COVID-19 pandemic response, with a focus on secondary school policies protocols. Thirty semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted Canadian (13–18 years old, 53.3% girls, 46.7% white) analysed using inductive interpretive description. Youth discussed challenges related lack of direct communication consultation pandemic-related decisions, shifts between different modalities, loss extracurricular opportunities, need for mental health support, which connected adverse impacts their learning, health, future opportunities. Participants' top recommendation adults was include in decision-making matters that impact them. To uphold rights, support healthy development, ensure more effective policies/protocols, authentic engagement processes improved are necessary absent during pandemic.

Язык: Английский

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Parenting, Cultural Capital, and COVID-19: The Role of Parental Support for Latiné First-generation College Students

Journal of Adolescent Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Окт. 29, 2024

Caregivers and families play a pivotal role in students’ college decision-making ability to develop cultural capital (Carey, 2016). Although the deleterious effects of COVID-19 pandemic required shifts adjustments parenting strategies, it is less clear how impacted parental support for emerging adults, particularly Latiné first-generation students (FGCS). The current study used qualitative, longitudinal method examine informs (Yosso, 2005) whether changed due six (6) FGCS attending medium-sized private university Midwest region United States. Interpretative phenomenological analysis revealed that caregivers fostered college-going familial capital, which facilitated development forms (aspirational navigational capital) both before after transition remote learning. Post pandemic, provided additional logistical practical related navigating physical space. Findings provide novel insight on at onset pandemic. Strategies universities can engage order discussed.

Язык: Английский

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University Students with Current Suicidal Ideation and Perceived Changes during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study

Archives of Suicide Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 15

Опубликована: Июнь 21, 2024

Introduction Mental health problems seemed to have increased among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. To deepen our understanding of pandemic's effects in this population, we conducted qualitative research investigate any perceived changes pandemic, differentiating sample based on presence or absence current suicidal ideation (SI).

Язык: Английский

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Validation of the Parent-report Pandemic Anxiety Scale (PAS-P) in the context of COVID-19

Current Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 43(42), С. 32539 - 32551

Опубликована: Окт. 10, 2024

Abstract To be able to develop effective policy and targeted support for children young people, it is vital validate measures that enable us understand what aspects of pandemics are associated with anxiety stress across a wide age range. We examined the psychometric properties Pandemic Anxiety Scale– Parent-report (PAS-P), which levels child adolescent pandemic-related anxieties. Factor structure, reliability, convergent discriminant validity PAS-P was assessed in convenience sample parents/carers ( N­ = 8410) over at three time points 2020 when COVID-19 case rates restrictions varied. structure identified via two exploratory factor analyses (EFAs; n 5601 1005) then tested using confirmatory analysis (CFA; 800), measurement invariance tests, longitudinal CFA 1651). Two factors disease consequence were observed both EFAs found have good fit CFAs. The demonstrated internal consistency validity, as well partial scalar latent construct age, gender, time. robust parent-report measure distinct forms anxiety, suitable reporting on adolescents aged 4-16 years. Although scale has been validated context pandemic, not limited this specific pandemic and, minor wording modifications, may reliable tool other health epidemic contexts.

Язык: Английский

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‘Not only bad things happened in the COVID-19 lockdown’: Lived experience of individuals with eating disorders symptoms

Current Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Ноя. 29, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Widening the Screen: Embodied Cognition and Audiovisual Online Social Interaction in the Digital Age

Опубликована: Апрель 11, 2023

Online audiovisual interaction (AVOI), though minimal, constitutes a form of embodiment. This implies that empathy can be fostered even in non-co-located individuals through online platforms. To address both the limitations and potential embodied article develops framework for comprehending cultivating virtual realm. It argues is skill fundamentally tied to our physical sensory experiences, therefore, dismisses Theory Mind (ToM) model reducing mere mental constructs with inherent limitations. Instead, it draws upon Embodied Cognitive Science (ECS) show feeling disembodiment experienced AVOI conceptualised as “shrinking of” social space. With aim widening deepening this space, introduces concrete guidelines help enrich interactive experience AVOI. Thereby, highlighting ways integrating spatiality engagement sphere, addition nurturing awareness digital tact.

Язык: Английский

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