COVID anxiety and its predictors among Slovak adolescents
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15260%2F22%3A73615615" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15260/22:73615615 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993003/full" target="_blank" >https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993003/full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993003" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpsyg.2022.993003</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
COVID anxiety and its predictors among Slovak adolescents
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions, mainly social distancing, had an impact on the mental health of various groups, including adolescents. MethodsThe main goal of our study was to explore the impact of gender, age, resilience (measured using the Brief Resilience Scale), attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance (both measured using the Experiences in Close Relationships Revised Scale for adolescents), and mental and general health (measured using items of SF-8 Health Survey) on COVID anxiety (measured using the COVID Anxiety Scale) among a sample of Slovak adolescents (N = 1,786, age 15 to 19, mean age = 16.8, SD = 1.2). The data were collected online between 13 April and 24 May 2021. ResultsFour nested linear regression models were fitted to the data and evaluated. The significant predictors that had a greater effect than our smallest effect size of interest (beta = 0.10) were gender (beta = -0.26, p < 0.001, where boys had lower scores in COVID anxiety), general and mental health (beta = -0.13 and beta = -0.14, respectively, both with p < 0.001), resilience (beta = -0.12, p < 0.001), and attachment avoidance (beta = -0.11, p < 0.001). Similarly, age and attachment anxiety were significant predictors with a lower effect size (beta = 0.06, p = 0.003, and beta = 0.09, p < 0.001, respectively). DiscussionOur results are in line with previous research findings highlighting the importance of prevention and interventions programs focused mainly on preventing loneliness and social disconnection, fostering secure attachment with parents and peers, and increasing the resilience of adolescents, especially in the stressful time of a pandemic, to promote their mental health.
Název v anglickém jazyce
COVID anxiety and its predictors among Slovak adolescents
Popis výsledku anglicky
IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic and its related restrictions, mainly social distancing, had an impact on the mental health of various groups, including adolescents. MethodsThe main goal of our study was to explore the impact of gender, age, resilience (measured using the Brief Resilience Scale), attachment anxiety, attachment avoidance (both measured using the Experiences in Close Relationships Revised Scale for adolescents), and mental and general health (measured using items of SF-8 Health Survey) on COVID anxiety (measured using the COVID Anxiety Scale) among a sample of Slovak adolescents (N = 1,786, age 15 to 19, mean age = 16.8, SD = 1.2). The data were collected online between 13 April and 24 May 2021. ResultsFour nested linear regression models were fitted to the data and evaluated. The significant predictors that had a greater effect than our smallest effect size of interest (beta = 0.10) were gender (beta = -0.26, p < 0.001, where boys had lower scores in COVID anxiety), general and mental health (beta = -0.13 and beta = -0.14, respectively, both with p < 0.001), resilience (beta = -0.12, p < 0.001), and attachment avoidance (beta = -0.11, p < 0.001). Similarly, age and attachment anxiety were significant predictors with a lower effect size (beta = 0.06, p = 0.003, and beta = 0.09, p < 0.001, respectively). DiscussionOur results are in line with previous research findings highlighting the importance of prevention and interventions programs focused mainly on preventing loneliness and social disconnection, fostering secure attachment with parents and peers, and increasing the resilience of adolescents, especially in the stressful time of a pandemic, to promote their mental health.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2022
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Frontiers in Psychology
ISSN
1664-1078
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
13
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
DECEMBER 2022
Stát vydavatele periodika
CH - Švýcarská konfederace
Počet stran výsledku
9
Strana od-do
nestrankovano
Kód UT WoS článku
000901919500001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85144916099