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To evaluate whether adolescent anxiety, depression, and emotion dysregulation deviated significantly from pre-pandemic trajectories during the COVID-19 outbreak.

May 24, 2021American Psychologist

The mental health implications of COVID-19 for adolescents: Follow-up of a four-wave longitudinal study during the pandemic.

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To evaluate whether adolescent anxiety, depression, and emotion dysregulation deviated significantly from pre-pandemic trajectories during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Followed a community sample of adolescents (Wave 1 n = 184, mean age = 13.9 years, 50.3% female) previously assessed across four waves over two years.
Recontacted participants during the COVID-19 pandemic to assess anxiety, depression, emotion dysregulation, and pandemic-related lifestyle impacts.
Used latent growth modeling based on the four pre-pandemic time points to estimate expected trajectories and determine the degree of deviation at the pandemic follow-up.
Anxiety and depression scores during the pandemic were significantly higher than expected based on pre-pandemic trajectories.
Deviations from personal mental health trajectories were significantly linked to higher levels of perceived lifestyle disruption caused by the pandemic.
Increases in psychiatric symptoms were differentially associated with coronavirus fear, financial impacts, and lifestyle changes across male and female adolescents.

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Longitudinal study finds elevated anxiety and depression beyond expected trajectories in adolescents during COVID-19, highlighting the need to support youth mental health.

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France et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d932abe0d31bb74783616b https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000838

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Longitudinal study finds elevated anxiety and depression beyond expected trajectories in adolescents during COVID-19, highlighting the need to support youth mental health.

The mental health implications of COVID-19 for adolescents: Follow-up of a four-wave longitudinal study during the pandemic.

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The mental health implications of COVID-19 for adolescents: Follow-up of a four-wave longitudinal study during the pandemic.

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