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Coronavirus Pandemic - #STAYHOME: How Are You Holding Up? Questions And Tips For 11-18 Year Olds To Make It Better
Judit Balazs
ELTE, PPK, Psychology Institute
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Backgrounds. Adolescents have to cope with several challenges and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with many of those incongruent with the typical developmental tasks of adolescent age. Some adolescent might be particularly vulnerable in this situation, including those who are deprived of psychological, social or health care services and/or are exposed to abuse or neglect in their home environment.
The aims of the current international multicentre follow-up study are to: 1. collect data on the mental health and quality of life of adolescents during and after the pandemic; 2. improve their mental health by providing an online prevention program that addresses their actual needs on a weekly basis; 3. accelerate the development of culturally adapted prevention programs by involving an international team, and 4. to contribute to adequate preparation for any potentially occurring, similar situation in the future.
Methods. Participants aged 11-18 years and their parents/caregivers from different parts of Europe and non-European countries are recruited online. Data are collected on a weekly basis by means of structured self-administered online questionnaires on adolescents’ mental health, quality of life and current attitudes and needs. The prevention program is developed and provided based on the continuously analysed incoming data.
Discussions. Prevention based on the results of the study is expected to contribute to maintaining adolescents’ mental health, improve their quality of life, increase their and their environment’s cooperation with the necessary restrictions during the pandemic, and to make reintegration easier once the restrictions are over. Furthermore, the study has the potential to inform on the wellbeing of children and adolescents in extreme situations in general, thus contribute to future preventive measures and policymaking.
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COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions, adolescent, mental health, quality of life, online prevention program
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Coronavirus Pandemic - #STAYHOME: How Are You Holding Up? Questions And Tips For 11-18 Year Olds To Make It Better
Judit Balazs
ELTE, PPK, Psychology Institute
Corresponding Author
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Invitations sent on 15 May, 2020
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On 27 Apr, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 26 Apr, 2020
Editor invited
On 26 Apr, 2020
First submitted
On 23 Apr, 2020
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Subject Areas
Psychiatry
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This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
Backgrounds. Adolescents have to cope with several challenges and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with many of those incongruent with the typical developmental tasks of adolescent age. Some adolescent might be particularly vulnerable in this situation, including those who are deprived of psychological, social or health care services and/or are exposed to abuse or neglect in their home environment.
The aims of the current international multicentre follow-up study are to: 1. collect data on the mental health and quality of life of adolescents during and after the pandemic; 2. improve their mental health by providing an online prevention program that addresses their actual needs on a weekly basis; 3. accelerate the development of culturally adapted prevention programs by involving an international team, and 4. to contribute to adequate preparation for any potentially occurring, similar situation in the future.
Methods. Participants aged 11-18 years and their parents/caregivers from different parts of Europe and non-European countries are recruited online. Data are collected on a weekly basis by means of structured self-administered online questionnaires on adolescents’ mental health, quality of life and current attitudes and needs. The prevention program is developed and provided based on the continuously analysed incoming data.
Discussions. Prevention based on the results of the study is expected to contribute to maintaining adolescents’ mental health, improve their quality of life, increase their and their environment’s cooperation with the necessary restrictions during the pandemic, and to make reintegration easier once the restrictions are over. Furthermore, the study has the potential to inform on the wellbeing of children and adolescents in extreme situations in general, thus contribute to future preventive measures and policymaking.
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