TY - JOUR
T1 - Anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms among high school students in china in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown
AU - Cao, Chengqi
AU - Wang, Li
AU - Fang, Ruojiao
AU - Liu, Ping
AU - Bi, Yajie
AU - Luo, Shu
AU - Grace, Emma
AU - Olff, Miranda
N1 - Funding Information: This study was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31471004, 31971020), the Key Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China (No. 20ZDA079), the Key Project of Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of Ministry of Education (No.16JJD190006), and the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. ZDRW-XH-2019-4). None of these funders had any role in the study design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data, writing the manuscript, or the decision to submit the paper for publication. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier B.V. Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/1/1
Y1 - 2022/1/1
N2 - Aims: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms, and associated risk factors among a large-scale sample of adolescents from China after the pandemic and lockdown. Method: A total of 57,948 high school students took part in an online survey from July 13 to 29, 2020. The mental health outcomes included anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms. Risk factors included negative family relationships, COVID-19 related exposure, and a lack of social support. Results: The prevalence of anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms was 7.1%, 12.8%, and 16.9%, respectively. COVID-19 related exposure significantly linked to the mental health outcomes (all p <.001). The most important predictors for the mental health outcomes were family relationship and social support (all p <.001). Conclusion: The pandemic may have long-term adverse mental health consequences among adolescents. Adverse family relationships and lack of social support could be the major risk factors for the post-pandemic mental health outcomes of adolescents.
AB - Aims: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms, and associated risk factors among a large-scale sample of adolescents from China after the pandemic and lockdown. Method: A total of 57,948 high school students took part in an online survey from July 13 to 29, 2020. The mental health outcomes included anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms. Risk factors included negative family relationships, COVID-19 related exposure, and a lack of social support. Results: The prevalence of anxiety, depression and PTSD symptoms was 7.1%, 12.8%, and 16.9%, respectively. COVID-19 related exposure significantly linked to the mental health outcomes (all p <.001). The most important predictors for the mental health outcomes were family relationship and social support (all p <.001). Conclusion: The pandemic may have long-term adverse mental health consequences among adolescents. Adverse family relationships and lack of social support could be the major risk factors for the post-pandemic mental health outcomes of adolescents.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Anxiety
KW - COVID-19
KW - Depression
KW - PTSD
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.052
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.052
M3 - Article
C2 - 34601299
SN - 0165-0327
VL - 296
SP - 126
EP - 129
JO - Journal of affective disorders
JF - Journal of affective disorders
ER -