Adolescent behaviors during the preventive and mandatory social isolation in Argentina in 2020

Maurino, M; Eymann, Alfredo; Santarsieri, Noelia; Vainman, Sara; Krauss, Mariana; Catsicaris, Cristina; Mulli, Valeria

doi:10.5546/aap.2022.eng.39

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“…To date, research regarding the impacts of the pandemic on youth substance use has been quite inconsistent, including among studies that have used designs and combined measures of alcohol or drug use (e.g., cannabis, illicit drugs, non-prescribed use of prescription drugs, etc) similar to our study [ 9 ]. For instance, one cross-sectional study measuring alcohol, cannabis, or drug use, reported an increase in alcohol and non-specified drug use during the pandemic [ 23 ], while another reported less alcohol, cannabis and other drug use [ 24 ]. To our knowledge, two other studies [ 25 , 26 ] have used the same validated outcome measure (i.e., GAIN-SS for past 30 days) as in our study.…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol or drug use symptoms and service need among youth: a cross-sectional sample from British Columbia, Canada

Marchand

Liu

Mallia

et al. 2022

Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy

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Background Concerns about youth alcohol and drug use have risen since the declaration of the global COVID-19 pandemic due to the pandemic’s impact on known risk and protective factors for substance use. However, the pandemic’s immediate and long-term impact on youths’ substance use patterns has been less clear. Thus, this study sought to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted alcohol or drug use and its risk and protective factors among youth accessing integrated youth services. Methods We conducted a repeated cross-sectional study of patient-reported outcomes data collected between May 2018 and February 2022 among youth (n = 6022) ages 10–24 accessing a provincial network of integrated youth services in Canada. The main exposure of interest was the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020 – February 2022) compared with a pre-pandemic period (May 2018 – February 2020). As measured by the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs – Short Screener, outcomes included the average number of past month alcohol or drug use symptoms and past month likelihood of service need for alcohol/drug use (moderate/high vs. low need). Interrupted time series (ITS) examined change in average monthly alcohol/drug use symptoms between the pre- and pandemic periods. Stratified multivariable logistic regression investigated how the pandemic modified the effects of established risk/protective factors on likelihood of alcohol/drug use service need. Results Fifty-percent of youth met the criteria for moderate/high likelihood of alcohol/drug use service need, with the odds being 2.39 times (95% confidence interval = 2.04, 2.80) greater during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period. Results from the ITS indicated significant immediate effects of the pandemic on monthly substance use symptoms (p = 0.01). Significant risk/protective factors for service need included exposure to violence, engagement in meaningful activities, and self-rated physical and mental health; and the direction of their effects remained consistent across pandemic and pre-pandemic periods. Conclusions This study demonstrated that the COVID-19 pandemic corresponded with increased alcohol or drug use among youth accessing integrated services. This signals an urgent need for increased clinical capacity in existing youth services and policies that can respond to risk/protective factors for substance use earlier.

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol or drug use symptoms and service need among youth: a cross-sectional sample from British Columbia, Canada

Marchand

Liu

Mallia

et al. 2022

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“…The risk factors for the development of loneliness include social isolation. Thus, the COVID-19 pandemic’s confinement has increased loneliness among young people [ 2 , 7 ], especially those living in disadvantaged districts [ 8 ]. COVID-19 has also influenced feelings of sadness [ 7 , 9 , 10 ] and “feeling like crying all the time” [ 11 ].…”

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“…Thus, the COVID-19 pandemic’s confinement has increased loneliness among young people [ 2 , 7 ], especially those living in disadvantaged districts [ 8 ]. COVID-19 has also influenced feelings of sadness [ 7 , 9 , 10 ] and “feeling like crying all the time” [ 11 ]. The same results were obtained in a study of Brazilian adolescents aged 15–18 years, noting that confinement was associated with increased feelings of sadness, anxiety and loneliness in young people [ 6 ].…”

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Sadness and Loneliness in Adolescents with Physical, Sensory or Health Problems in Low/Middle-Income Countries

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Feelings of loneliness and sadness are increasing among the global youth, especially in disadvantaged settings. Young people with disabilities from low-income countries may be at greater risk of experiencing such emotions. This study aims to assess the dependence between difficulties/disability and sadness, loneliness and crying for no reason in young people from low- to middle-income countries and to test the risk of experiencing these emotions in young people with different disabilities versus the overall population. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on the Programme for International Student Assessment for Development survey, with 34,604 participants aged 15 years from seven countries: Cambodia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Paraguay, Senegal, and Zambia. Dependent relationships were found between difficulties/disabilities and loneliness, sadness and crying. People with disabilities had a higher prevalence of these emotions. The probability of experiencing sadness, loneliness and crying was higher among people with difficulties/disabilities. Young people with disabilities in low-income countries are at a higher risk of experiencing feelings of loneliness, sadness and crying compared to the general population of the same age.

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“…In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has raised huge concerns for the mental health of an entire generation of children and young people ( 7 ), which may be related to the adoption of anti-epidemic measures such as lockdown, school closure, and social distancing. Mandatory social distancing policies have reduced the accessibility of drugs, and adolescents' drug use has decreased ( 8 , 9 ); while subsequent small-scale unblocking might bring about experimental drug use among adolescents. Drug use have become a public health issue with a serious impact on people's development and social security.…”

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Effects of Social Attachment on Experimental Drug Use From Childhood to Adolescence: An 11-Year Prospective Cohort Study

Chiang

Lee

et al. 2022

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BackgroundDrug use among adolescents are still crucial issues that endanger their lifetime health. Evidence concerning the interpersonal-related factors influencing youngsters' experimental drug use behavior, especially from longitudinal and school-based prospective cohort studies, is insufficient. We aimed to describe the annual incidence rate and mean annual incidence rate of experimental drug use from childhood to adolescence by education stage, clarify the risk in childhood and examine the longitudinal relationship between social attachment factors and experimental drug use.Materials and MethodsThe data were derived from the 1st to 11th wave of the longitudinal study. In total, 1,106 respondents aged 19–20-year-old were followed up for 11 years (from 9 to 10-year-old) in Taiwan. A survival analysis was used to analyze the time-invarying/time-dependent effects of social attachment factors on experimental drug use.ResultsThe mean annual incidence rate of experimental drug use from childhood to adolescence was 6.8‰. The incidence increased over time and was the highest in the first year of university (19.3‰). Boys were more likely to use drugs than girls. A low degree of self-perceived likeability in childhood was a risk factor influencing experimental drug use. On average, a low degree of parental supervision and a high degree of family conflict were both influential risk factors. According to the time-dependent models, a high degree of parental supervision, a high degree of family support and a low degree of family conflict in the current year can protect children and adolescents from drug use, whereas a sustained low degree of parental supervision and a high degree of family conflict may promote students' experimental drug use.ConclusionParents should be informed and educated to avoid family conflict during childhood, maintain consistent supervision of their children's behavior, provide adequate family support, and pay attention to their children's interpersonal relationships in school. Teachers should focus on the social attachment status of their students while considering their attachments to their families and peers.

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Adolescent behaviors during the preventive and mandatory social isolation in Argentina in 2020

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol or drug use symptoms and service need among youth: a cross-sectional sample from British Columbia, Canada

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on alcohol or drug use symptoms and service need among youth: a cross-sectional sample from British Columbia, Canada

Sadness and Loneliness in Adolescents with Physical, Sensory or Health Problems in Low/Middle-Income Countries

Effects of Social Attachment on Experimental Drug Use From Childhood to Adolescence: An 11-Year Prospective Cohort Study

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