TeenCovidLife: a resource to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in Scotland

Huggins, Charlotte; Fawns-Ritchie, Chloë; Campbell, Archie; Nangle, Clifford; Dawson, Rebecca; Edwards, Robin R; Flaig, Robin; Hartley, Louise; Levein, Christie; McCartney, Daniel L.; Sinclair, Stephanie; Dolan, Clare; Haughton, Dawn; Mabelis, Judith; Brown, Judith E.; Inchley, Jo; Smith, Daniel J.; Deary, Ian J.; Hayward, Caroline; Marioni, Riccardo E.; McIntosh, Andrew M.; Sudlow, Cathie; Porteous, David J.

doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17252.1

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“…The questions included in all three TeenCovidLife surveys can be seen in the Extended data 10 . A copy of the Qualtrics survey (.qsf) for any survey can also be requested from the authors.…”

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“…The consent form highlighted that they were not obliged to take part in future studies if they were re-contacted. Consent and information sheet text for each survey are available in the Extended data 10 .…”

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“…The full questionnaires can be seen in the Extended data 10 . As before, internet access was required to take part.…”

Section: Teencovidlife Survey 2 All Participants In Teencovidlifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…These only differed in that some items, such as sex, were not asked again to repeat participants. Both questionnaires for Survey 3 can be seen in the Extended data 10 .…”

Section: Teencovidlife Surveymentioning

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TeenCovidLife: a resource to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in Scotland

Huggins

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Campbell³

et al. 2022

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TeenCovidLife is part of Generation Scotland’s CovidLife projects, a set of longitudinal observational studies designed to assess the psychosocial and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. TeenCovidLife focused on how adolescents in Scotland were coping during the pandemic. As of September 2021, Generation Scotland had conducted three TeenCovidLife surveys. Participants from previous surveys were invited to participate in the next, meaning the age ranges shifted over time. TeenCovidLife Survey 1 consists of data from 5,543 young people age 12 to 17, collected from 22 May to 5 July 2020, during the first school closures period in Scotland. TeenCovidLife Survey 2 consists of data from 2,245 young people aged 12 to 18, collected from 18 August to 14 October 2020, when the initial lockdown measures were beginning to ease, and schools reopened in Scotland. TeenCovidLife Survey 3 consists of data from 597 young people age 12 to 19, collected from 12 May to 27 June 2021, a year after the first survey, after the schools returned following the second lockdown in 2021. A total of 316 participants took part in all three surveys. TeenCovidLife collected data on general health and well-being, as well as topics specific to COVID-19, such as adherence to COVID-19 health guidance, feelings about school closures, and the impact of exam cancellations. Limited work has examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people. TeenCovidLife provides relevant and timely data to assess the impact of the pandemic on young people in Scotland. The dataset is available under authorised access from Generation Scotland; see the Generation Scotland website for more information.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The full questionnaires can be seen in the Extended data 10 . As before, internet access was required to take part.…”

Section: Teencovidlife Survey 2 All Participants In Teencovidlifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…These only differed in that some items, such as sex, were not asked again to repeat participants. Both questionnaires for Survey 3 can be seen in the Extended data 10 .…”

Section: Teencovidlife Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

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TeenCovidLife: a resource to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in Scotland

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Fawns-Ritchie²,

Campbell³

et al. 2022

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“…reorganisation linked to COVID-19 on health and psycho-physical well-being (among others, Huggins et al, 2021). This article focuses on the social and relational marginalisation of 134 adolescents during the pandemic, presenting findings of a pilot research project based on their point of view and carried out in cooperation with the Italian National Institute for Health, Migration, and Poverty.…”

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Locking down adolescents: Victims, irresponsible subjects, or just social actors

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The article presents the results of a qualitative study investigating the experiences of a sample of Italian adolescents during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Data were analysed in the light of the two social representations (adolescents as criminals and as victims) that permeated the Italian public debate throughout the outbreak. The findings showed the ability of boys and girls in dealing with the relationships altered by the pandemic constraints and in adapting to different regulations. This demonstrated their competence as social actors, neither criminals nor victims, who were also able to cope with the coronavirus risk in safeguarding their significant others.

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The Effect of School Bullying on Pupils’ Perceived Stress and Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study

Kirkham

Huggins

Fawns-Ritchie

2022

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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Purpose: Establishing how the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdowns have affected adolescent mental health is a key societal priority. Though numerous studies have examined this topic, few have focused on the wellbeing of pupils who experience school bullying. This is particularly important as pupils who experience bullying represent a vulnerable group at increased risk of mental illness. Therefore, we sought to investigate the relationship between experience of bullying and adolescent wellbeing during lockdown and subsequent re-opening of schools. Methods: We used the TeenCovidLife dataset to examine the relationship between experience of bullying and pupils’ perceived stress and wellbeing across three timepoints. Pupils aged 12–17 (n = 255) completed surveys during the first Covid-19 lockdown (May-July 2020), when they returned to school after the first lockdown (August-October 2020), and during the summer term of 2021 (May-June 2021). Results: Perceived stress was higher in the group of pupils that experienced bullying than in the group that did not, though this difference between groups was smaller during lockdown than when pupils were attending school in person. Pupils who were bullied showed lower wellbeing across all timepoints. For the full sample of pupils, wellbeing was lowest (and perceived stress highest) at Time 3, one year after the first Covid-19 lockdown. Conclusion:The findings challenge previous assumptions that Covid-19 lockdowns were associated with a generalised decline in adolescent mental health. Instead, the picture is more nuanced, with perceived stress, though not wellbeing, varying according pupils’ experiences of school bullying.

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TeenCovidLife: a resource to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in Scotland

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TeenCovidLife: a resource to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in Scotland

TeenCovidLife: a resource to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in Scotland

Locking down adolescents: Victims, irresponsible subjects, or just social actors

The Effect of School Bullying on Pupils’ Perceived Stress and Wellbeing During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study

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