Changes in adolescents' daily-life solitary experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: an experience sampling study.
| Title: | Changes in adolescents' daily-life solitary experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: an experience sampling study. |
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| Authors: | Bamps E; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Achterhof R; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. achterhof@essb.eur.nl.; KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. achterhof@essb.eur.nl.; Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Mandeville Building Room T15-10, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, The Netherlands. achterhof@essb.eur.nl.; Lafit G; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; Research Group on Quantitative Psychology and Inaffiliationidual Differences, Faculty of Psychology, KU Leuven, Tiensestraat 102- bus 3713, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; Teixeira A; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; Akcaoglu Z; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Hagemann N; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; Research Group Adapted Physical Activity and Psychomotor Rehabilitation, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, Tervuursevest 101- bus 1500, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; Hermans KSFM; Strategy and Academic Affairs, Administration and Central Services, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, PO Box 9500, The Netherlands.; Hiekkaranta AP; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Janssens JJ; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Lecei A; Center for Clinical Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; Myin-Germeys I; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Kirtley OJ; Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49- bus 1029, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.; KU Leuven Child & Youth Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.; Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. |
| Source: | BMC public health [BMC Public Health] 2024 Apr 26; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 1172. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 26. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968562 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2458 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712458 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001- |
| MeSH Terms: | COVID-19*/epidemiology ; COVID-19*/psychology ; Social Support*; Social Isolation/psychology ; Humans ; Adolescent ; Female ; Male ; Longitudinal Studies ; Pandemics ; Social Skills |
| Abstract: | Background: Adolescent solitude was drastically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As solitude is crucial for adolescent development through its association with both positive and negative developmental outcomes, it is critical to understand how adolescents' daily-life solitary experiences changed as a result of the pandemic.; Methods: Using three waves of Experience Sampling Method data from a longitudinal study, we compared adolescents' daily-life solitary experiences in the early (nT1=100; MAge=16.1; SDAge=1.9; 93% girls) and mid-pandemic (nT2=204; MAge=16.5; SDAge=2.0; 79% girls) to their pre-pandemic experiences.; Results: We found that adolescents with lower levels of pre-pandemic social support and social skills reported wanting to be alone less and feeling like an outsider more at both time points during the pandemic. In the mid-pandemic wave, adolescents with higher levels of pre-pandemic social support and social skills reported decreases in positive affect compared to the pre-pandemic wave.; Conclusion: This study shows that adolescents' daily-life solitary experiences worsened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. There should be continued concern for the wellbeing of all adolescents, not only those already at risk, as effects of the pandemic on mental health might only manifest later.; (© 2024. The Author(s).) |
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| Grant Information: | G08416N Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; 1104219N Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; 1257821N Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; ZKD9979 Koning Boudewijnstichting |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Adolescence; COVID-19; Daily life; Experience sampling; Longitudinal; Solitude |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20240426 Date Completed: 20240427 Latest Revision: 20241231 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC11046767 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-024-18458-1 |
| PMID: | 38671393 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't