How Adolescents’ Lives Were Disrupted Over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Investigation in 12 Cultural Groups in 9 Nations from March 2020 to July 2022
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-26-2024
Abstract
It is unclear how much adolescents' lives were disrupted throughout the COVID-19 pandemic or what risk factors predicted such disruption. To answer these questions, 1,080 adolescents in 9 nations were surveyed 5 times from March 2020 to July 2022. Rates of adolescent COVID-19 life disruption were stable and high. Adolescents who, compared to their peers, lived in nations with higher national COVID-19 death rates, lived in nations with less stringent COVID-19 mitigation strategies, had less confidence in their government's response to COVID-19, complied at higher rates with COVID-19 control measures, experienced the death of someone they knew due to COVID-19, or experienced more internalizing, externalizing, and smoking problems reported more life disruption due to COVID-19 during part or all of the pandemic. Additionally, when, compared to their typical levels of functioning, adolescents experienced spikes in national death rates, experienced less stringent COVID-19 mitigation measures, experienced less confidence in government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, complied at higher rates with COVID-19 control measures, experienced more internalizing problems, or smoked more at various periods during the pandemic, they also experienced more COVID-19 life disruption. Collectively, these findings provide new insights that policymakers can use to prevent the disruption of adolescents' lives in future pandemics.
Recommended Citation
Rothenberg, W. Andrew; Skinner, Ann T.; Lansford, Jennifer E.; Bacchini, Dario; Bornstein, Marc H.; Chang, Lei; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Di Guinta, Laura; Dodge, Kenneth A.; Alampay, Liane Peña; Gurdal, Sevtap; Junla, Daranee; Liu, Qin; Long, Qian; Oburu, Paul; Pastorelli, Concetta; Sorbring, Emma; Steinberg, Laurence; Uribe Tirado, Liliana Maria; Yotanyamaneewong, Saengduean; and Al-Hassan, Suha, (2024). How Adolescents’ Lives Were Disrupted Over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Investigation in 12 Cultural Groups in 9 Nations from March 2020 to July 2022. Archīum.ATENEO.
https://archium.ateneo.edu/psychology-faculty-pubs/450