Adolescent Adjustment During COVID‐19: The Role of Close Relationships and COVID‐19‐related Stress

Campione‐Barr, Nicole; Rote, Wendy M.; Killoren, Sarah E.; Rose, Amanda J.

doi:10.1111/jora.12647

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“…However, Campione‐Barr et al. ( 2021 ) showed that relationships with best friends and siblings were more significantly impacted by COVID‐related stress than those with parents. Further research is needed to understand the potential protective role of siblings for adolescents in times of crisis.…”

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Adolescence Amid a Pandemic: Short‐ and Long‐Term Implications

Hussong

Benner

Erdem

et al. 2021

J of Research on Adolesc

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Members of the Society for Research on Adolescents COVID‐19 Response Team offer this commentary to accompany this special issue of the Journal of Research on Adolescence regarding the impact of the pandemic on adolescents’ social, emotional, and academic functioning. In addition to outlining the critical need for scholarly collaboration to address the global impact of this crisis on adolescent development, we argue that a broad investigative lens is needed to guide research and recovery efforts targeting youth development. We then use this broad lens to consider dimensions of the pandemic impact relative to developmental implications within community and policy contexts, educational contexts, social contexts, and family contexts. Finally, we describe guideposts for setting a global, shared research agenda that can hasten research to recovery efforts surrounding the pandemic and youth development.

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Adolescence Amid a Pandemic: Short‐ and Long‐Term Implications

Hussong

Benner

Erdem

et al. 2021

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…However, they didn’t find such a moderating effect, whereas pre-COVID support from friends predicted having less COVID-related stress. In contrast, Campione-Barr et al (2021) , demonstrated that close relationships to best friends predicted adolescents’ ability to adjust to pandemic-related concerns (i.e., by showing lower levels of anxiety, depressive symptoms, problem behavior) while controlling for their pre-pandemic adjustment.…”

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“…Based on these assumptions and relying on pre-pandemic and general literature about social support as well as based on recent literature examining social support during the pandemic (e.g., Ellis et al, 2020 ; Szkody et al, 2020 ; Campione-Barr et al, 2021 ; Bernasco et al, 2021 ; Ye et al, 2021 ), we expected that adolescents who perceived higher levels of social support during COVID-19 related school closures would report better mental health. Moreover, we investigated whether perceived social support buffered negative associations between educational and health concerns and mental health.…”

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“…Similarly, Ellis et al (2020) showed that spending more time with the family, actively as well as virtually, was associated with fewer depression, whereas findings regarding time spent with friends virtually were mixed, with adolescents reporting lower loneliness but greater depression instead. In addition, Campione-Barr et al (2021) illustrated that when adolescents encountered high COVID-related stress, they experienced greater problem behavior even when perceiving high positivity in their friendships, while positive relationships with parents predicted adolescents’ adjustment ( Campione-Barr et al, 2021 ).…”

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Educational Concerns, Health Concerns and Mental Health During Early COVID-19 School Closures: The Role of Perceived Support by Teachers, Family, and Friends

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This study investigated whether school closures and health-related uncertainties in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic posed risk factors for adolescents’ mental health and whether perceived social support by parents, teachers, and friends functioned as protective factors. In particular, we argued that perceived social support would buffer negative associations between educational and health concerns and mental health. Based on a person-centered approach, we first examined resilience profiles. These profiles reflect configurations regarding the levels of these risk and protective factors and levels of mental health. Second, we analyzed whether these risk and protective factors predicted adolescents’ mental health differently by using a variable-centered approach. The sample consisted of 1’562 adolescents (Mage = 16.18, SD = 1.48, range = 14-20 years; 72% females) in lower and higher secondary education from three regions: German-speaking part of Switzerland, N = 486; Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, N = 760; and Northern Italy N = 316. Results from the person-centered approach revealed three latent profiles characterized by low (19%), average (47%), or high resilience (34%). Lower resilience was associated with higher educational concerns, lower perceived social support, and lower mental health, while high resilience was characterized by lower concerns, higher support, and higher mental health. Importantly, educational concerns varied more between profiles than health concerns, and perceived teacher and family support varied more than perceived friend support. Corroborating these findings, the variable-centered approach (i.e., a path analysis) revealed that educational concerns were a stronger predictor than health concerns and pointed to a higher relative importance of perceived family support for adolescents’ mental health relative to perceived teacher and friend support. Taken together, the findings suggest that adolescents’ educational concerns and perceived family support, respectively, were stronger risk and protective factors for their mental health during school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, adolescents from regions being more exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic, namely, Italian-speaking part of Switzerland and Northern Italy, were more likely classified in the low or the average rather than in the high resilience profile compared to students from the region with lower exposure, that is, the German-speaking part of Switzerland.

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“…Importantly, internalizing problems before the pandemic were also found to be predictive of less friend support during the pandemic (Bernasco et al., 2021 ), suggesting that it is easier for adolescents with higher levels of adjustment to maintain their friendships when this is challenged by circumstances. Moreover, friendships can also increase the negative impact of the pandemic: For best friends, higher relationship positivity in the context of high levels of COVID‐related stress was associated with greater adolescent problem behavior (Campione‐Barr et al., 2021 ), which might be attributed to peer deviancy training processes.…”

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The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Adolescent Emotional, Social, and Academic Adjustment

Branje

Morris

2021

J of Research on Adolesc

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The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a strong impact on adolescents worldwide. This special issue aimed to increase our understanding of the factors that explain interindividual differences in how adolescents are affected by the pandemic. The special issue includes 21 empirical articles from four continents on the role of the pandemic in changes in emotional, social, and academic adjustment during adolescence. The studies demonstrate that many adolescents experienced increased depressive symptoms, negative affect, and loneliness, and lower academic adjustment during the pandemic, particularly those that were already at risk before the pandemic. At the same time, many adolescents had individual, family, and community resources that made them resilient and helped them to continue to function well despite the adverse circumstances.

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Adolescent Adjustment During COVID‐19: The Role of Close Relationships and COVID‐19‐related Stress

Cited by 62 publications

References 59 publications

Adolescence Amid a Pandemic: Short‐ and Long‐Term Implications

Adolescence Amid a Pandemic: Short‐ and Long‐Term Implications

Educational Concerns, Health Concerns and Mental Health During Early COVID-19 School Closures: The Role of Perceived Support by Teachers, Family, and Friends

The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Adolescent Emotional, Social, and Academic Adjustment

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