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September 10, 2025Developmental PsychologyOpen Access

Anxiety and depressive symptoms of young children during the COVID-19 pandemic: Developmental trajectories and risk factors.

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LKLisa KrijnenABAnneloes L. van BaarMEMarthe R. Egberts

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Overview

Longitudinal study reveals diverse trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms in children, highlighting risk factors linked to parental mental health.

Key Points

  • Most children showed low anxiety and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 crisis, but some experienced higher symptoms.
  • Trajectories for anxiety included low (87.67%) and high (12.33%) levels, while depressive symptoms had three trajectories, with one at 7.36%.
  • Latent class growth analyses identified these trajectories, while regression analyses pinpointed risk factors related to parental mental health.
  • Implications suggest that family-level screenings and interventions could aid in protecting young children's mental health in future crises.

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Krijnen et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1cc4754b1d3bfb60f4cdfhttps://doi.org/10.1037/dev0002021
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