COVID anxiety and its predictors among Slovak adolescents

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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>

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 &lt; 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 &lt; 0.001), resilience (beta = -0.12, p &lt; 0.001), and attachment avoidance (beta = -0.11, p &lt; 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 &lt; 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 &lt; 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 &lt; 0.001), resilience (beta = -0.12, p &lt; 0.001), and attachment avoidance (beta = -0.11, p &lt; 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 &lt; 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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Frontiers in Psychology

ISSN

1664-1078

e-ISSN

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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