The negative association of perceived stress with adolescents’ life satisfaction during the pandemic period: The moderating role of school community support

Rodríguez-Rivas, Matías E.; Alfaro, Jaime; Benavente, Mariavictoria; Varela, Jorge J.; Melipillán, Roberto; Reyes, Fernando

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15001

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“…For example, globally, an umbrella review that included 17 systematic reviews of studies on the effect of the pandemic on adolescent mental health found that adolescents had higher levels of depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, stress-and trauma-related disorders, suicidal ideation, attention disorders, and general mental health problems compared to levels before the onset of the pandemic ( 7 ), negatively affecting wellbeing and life satisfaction. Similarly, a study conducted in Chile that evaluated satisfaction with life among other variables and the experiences of adolescents during the pandemic period reported that adolescent mental health was disturbed, introducing higher levels of worry, fear and nervousness in this group with lower levels of energy, happiness and confidence compared to the time before the COVID-19 pandemic ( 8 ).…”

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Wellbeing, social media addiction and coping strategies among Chilean adolescents during the pandemic

Varela,

Pérez,

Rodríguez-Rivas

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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IntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents had to deal with a range of mental health problems that has increased social media addiction levels with adverse effects on life satisfaction. Previous studies have explored coping mechanisms to deal with this addiction problem, but did not consider the need to simultaneously cope with different dimensions. Therefore, our study aimed to examine the moderating effect of various coping mechanisms on the relationship between social media addiction and adolescent life satisfaction.MethodsSelf-report questionnaires were applied to 1290 secondary school students (age mean = 16.03, SD = 1.27, range: 14 to 19; and 57% female). An exploratory and a confirmatory factor analysis were performed to determine the factor structure of the Brief-Cope 28 scale. Then, a descriptive and correlational analysis of the variables and a multiple linear regression analysis was performed.ResultsWe found that the social media addiction risk was negatively associated with life satisfaction, adaptive strategies were positively correlated to life satisfaction, and maladaptive strategies were negatively correlated to it. Also, a moderation model was evaluated in which four stress management strategies, namely acceptance and perspective-taking, seeking socio-emotional support, active coping, and maladaptive strategies all conditioned the relationship between social media addiction risk and life satisfaction after controlling for demographic variables and the specific strategies of using comedy, religion and substance use. Results indicate additive and multiplicative effects of management strategies for stressful situations in the studied relationship. Seeking socio-emotional support and active coping were positively related to life satisfaction and maladaptive strategies were negatively associated with it. Multiplicative effects indicate that the relationship between the social media addiction risk and life satisfaction depends only on the acceptance and perspective taking that adolescents report. When adolescents reported having low or average levels of acceptance and perspective taking, there was a negative correlation with general life satisfaction, a connection that grew markedly stronger. In contrast, no connection between social media addiction and life satisfaction was detected for adolescents who report higher levels of acceptance and perspective-taking.DiscussionAbuse of social media and the use of maladaptive stress coping strategies were risk factors that decreased life satisfaction among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic period.

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Wellbeing, social media addiction and coping strategies among Chilean adolescents during the pandemic

Varela,

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Rodríguez-Rivas

et al. 2023

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Diminished Adolescent Social Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Furlong,

Chan,

Dowdy

et al. 2024

Child Ind Res

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Managing the COVID-19 pandemic involved implementing public health policies that disrupted students’ lives, creating conditions that substantially influenced their mental health and well-being. Subsequently, research focused on the mental health sequelae of increased depression and anxiety, but the possible impacts on adolescents’ social well-being have been largely unexamined. Social well-being is essential to youth’s overall mental health and can be diminished even without symptoms of depression and anxiety. This report explored heterogeneities in changes in adolescents’ social well-being from pre-COVID-19 to post-restrictions using longitudinal data from adolescents attending middle and high schools in California (N = 1,299; 49.9% female). Data collection involved four observations. Participants completed a school-based mental health wellness survey annually from 2019 to 2022. A latent profile analysis identified five profiles demonstrating distinctive social well-being trajectories. Two ordered profiles included Stable-High (28%) and Stable-Low (26%) patterns. Three groups represented nonordered profiles labeled as Succumbing (20%), Languishing (14%), and Recovering (12%). Pervasive decreases in social well-being were observed, and a significant portion of the adolescents did not recover to their pre-COVID-19 level by 2022. Adolescents in the Stable-High and Recovering profiles showed better psychological well-being, optimism, and school connectedness and less distress than their counterparts in the other three profiles. Mental health professionals should be aware of the pandemic’s effects on adolescents’ social well-being. Lower levels of social well-being may be a risk factor for adolescents developing generally jaded attitudes about their social networks and diminishing their potential engagement with sources of social support.

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The Relationship Between Coronavirus Phobia and Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents in the Post-Pandemic Period

Hendekci,

Kadiroğlu

2024

Child Ind Res

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The negative association of perceived stress with adolescents’ life satisfaction during the pandemic period: The moderating role of school community support

Cited by 6 publications

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Wellbeing, social media addiction and coping strategies among Chilean adolescents during the pandemic

Wellbeing, social media addiction and coping strategies among Chilean adolescents during the pandemic

Diminished Adolescent Social Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Relationship Between Coronavirus Phobia and Life Satisfaction Among Adolescents in the Post-Pandemic Period

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