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creators_name: Knowles, Gemma
creators_name: Gayer-Anderson, Charlotte
creators_name: Turner, Alice
creators_name: Dorn, Lynsey
creators_name: Lam, Joseph
creators_name: Davis, Samantha
creators_name: Blakey, Rachel
creators_name: Lowis, Katie
creators_name: Schools Working Group, 
creators_name: Young Persons Advisory Group, 
creators_name: Pinfold, Vanessa
creators_name: Creary, Natalie
creators_name: Dyer, Jacqui
creators_name: Hatch, Stephani L
creators_name: Ploubidis, George
creators_name: Bhui, Kamaldeep
creators_name: Harding, Seeromanie
creators_name: Morgan, Craig
title: Covid-19, social restrictions, and mental distress among young people: a UK longitudinal, population-based study
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divisions: B14
divisions: J81
divisions: B16
divisions: UCL
keywords: Covid-19, adolescence, cohort, mental distress
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abstract: BACKGROUND: Adolescence is a critical period for social and emotional development. We sought to examine the impacts of Covid-19 and related social restrictions and school closures on adolescent mental health, particularly among disadvantaged, marginalised, and vulnerable groups. METHODS: We analysed four waves of data - 3 pre-Covid-19 (2016-2019) and 1 mid-Covid-19 (May-Aug 2020; n, 1074; 12-18 years old, >80% minority ethnic groups, 25% free school meals) from REACH (Resilience, Ethnicity, and AdolesCent Mental Health), an adolescent cohort based in inner-London, United Kingdom. Mental health was assessed using validated measures at each time point. We estimated temporal trends in mental distress and examined variations in changes in distress, pre- to mid-Covid-19, by social group, and by pre- and mid-pandemic risks. RESULTS: We found no evidence of an overall increase in mental distress midpandemic (15.9%, 95% CI: 13.0, 19.4) compared with prepandemic (around 18%). However, there were variations in changes in mental distress by subgroups. There were modest variations by social group and by pre-Covid risks (e.g., a small increase in distress among girls (b [unstandardised beta coefficient] 0.42 [-0.19, 1.03]); a small decrease among boys (b - 0.59 [-1.37, 0.19]); p for interaction .007). The most notable variations were by midpandemic risks: that is, broadly, increases in distress among those reporting negative circumstances and impacts (e.g., in finances, housing, social support and relationships, and daily routines) and decreases in distress among those reporting positive impacts. CONCLUSIONS: We found strong evidence that mental distress increased among young people who were most negatively impacted by Covid-19 and by related social restrictions during the first lockdown in the United Kingdom.
date: 2022-02-23
date_type: published
publisher: Wiley
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13586
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1941620
doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13586
medium: Print-Electronic
lyricists_name: Ploubidis, George
lyricists_id: GPLOU01
actors_name: Kalinowski, Damian
actors_id: DKALI47
actors_role: owner
funding_acknowledgements: COV0491 [UK Research and Innovation]; ES/S012567/1 [Economic and Social Research Council]; REACH 648837 [H2020 European Research Council]
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
event_location: England
citation:        Knowles, Gemma;    Gayer-Anderson, Charlotte;    Turner, Alice;    Dorn, Lynsey;    Lam, Joseph;    Davis, Samantha;    Blakey, Rachel;                                             ... Morgan, Craig; + view all <#>        Knowles, Gemma;  Gayer-Anderson, Charlotte;  Turner, Alice;  Dorn, Lynsey;  Lam, Joseph;  Davis, Samantha;  Blakey, Rachel;  Lowis, Katie;  Schools Working Group;  Young Persons Advisory Group;  Pinfold, Vanessa;  Creary, Natalie;  Dyer, Jacqui;  Hatch, Stephani L;  Ploubidis, George;  Bhui, Kamaldeep;  Harding, Seeromanie;  Morgan, Craig;   - view fewer <#>    (2022)    Covid-19, social restrictions, and mental distress among young people: a UK longitudinal, population-based study.                   Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry        10.1111/jcpp.13586 <https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13586>.       Green open access   
 
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