Youth Mask-Wearing and Social-Distancing Behavior at In-Person High School Graduations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Mueller, Anna S.; Diefendorf, Sarah; Abrutyn, Seth; Beardall, Katherine A.; Millar, Krystina; O’Reilly, Lauren M.; Steinberg, Hillary; Watkins, James T.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.12.123

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“…Other studies in the area of wearing/not wearing masks have focused on but have not been limited to: Chinese students in the U.S. and their experiences regarding receiving contradictory messages from host and home countries [6], analysis of the air inspired by competitive adolescence athletes through a mask [29], the effects of face masks on children's respiratory parameters [30], mask-wearing in the context of high school graduation [31].…”

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Unmasking People’s Opinions behind Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic—A Twitter Stance Analysis

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Wearing a mask by the general public has been a controversial issue from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as the public authorities have had mixed messages, either advising people not to wear masks if uninfected, to wear as a protective measure, to wear them only when inside a building/room with insufficient air flow or to wear them in all the public places. To date, the governments have had different policies regarding mask-wearing by the general public depending on the COVID-19 pandemic evolution. In this context, the paper analyzes the general public’s opinion regarding mask-wearing for the one-year period starting from 9 January 2020, when the first tweet regarding mask-wearing in the COVID-19 context has been posted. Classical machine learning and deep learning algorithms have been considered in analyzing the 8,795,633 tweets extracted. A random sample of 29,613 tweets has been extracted and annotated. The tweets containing news and information related to mask-wearing have been included in the neutral category, while the ones containing people’s opinions (for or against) have been marked using a symmetrical approach into in favor and against categories. Based on the analysis, it has been determined that most of the mask tweets are in the area of in favor or neutral, while a smaller percentage of tweets and retweets are in the against category. The evolution of the opinions expressed through tweets can be further monitored for extracting the public perspective on mask-wearing in times of COVID-19.

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Unmasking People’s Opinions behind Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic—A Twitter Stance Analysis

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“…A month‐long period of social isolation, therefore, probably has a major impact on youth (Remie & Veldhuis, 2020 ). There is also empirical evidence showing that youth do not comply with social distancing measures as much as adults (e.g., Cohen et al, 2020 ; Park et al, 2020 ), due to their relatively strong desire for social connections (Muellerer et al 2021 ). Moreover, they have been shown to have an increased risk for spreading the virus due to their large social networks and frequent encounters with peers and adults (e.g., Andrews et al, 2020 ; Nivettete et al 2021 ; Wrzus et al, 2013 ).…”

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What makes Dutch youth comply with preventive COVID‐19 measures? An explorative study

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The measures to contain the spread of COVID‐19 are challenging for youth, especially the social isolation measures. These measures are antagonistic to healthy youth development, which requires sufficient social contact with peers and adults. This explorative study examined what factors are associated with adherence to COVID‐19 measures in a sample of Dutch youth ( N = 263; 79.8% female) with ages ranging between 16 and 24 years ( M = 21.1 years; SD = 2.44 years), who completed an online questionnaire about their compliance to measures, resilience, coping strategies, mental health, and availability of a natural mentor. Results showed that youth with fewer depressive symptoms adhered better to measures of social distance. Youth who were less suspicious, more resilient, and those with an active coping strategy or a natural mentor more often complied with COVID‐19 measures. These results can be used to help youth comply with the COVID‐19 measures.

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“…There are multiple possible explanations, ranging from higher risk of hospitalization, severe course, and fatal outcome of COVID-19 in the elderly [13,32] to more common adherence to the social norms in their area of residence [33]. Unsurprisingly, some publications revealed that wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic is insufficient among young adults [13,16,28,[33][34][35]. As an example, an American study by Haischer et al [13] reported that among 5517 individuals entering shops in the state of Wisconsin, only 41.5% wore masks.…”

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Face Mask Usage among Young Polish People during the COVID-19 Epidemic—An Evolving Scenario

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The usage of face masks has been mandated in many countries in an attempt to diminish the spread of SARS-CoV-2. In this cross-sectional study, we aimed to determine face mask-wearing behaviors and practices in 1173 young Polish people during the second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in October 2020. The majority of respondents (97.4%) declared that they wore face masks in areas/situations where it is mandatory. The most common types of utilized face masks were cloth masks (47.7%) and surgical masks (47%), followed by respirators (N95/FFP3) (3.2%) and half-face elastomeric respirators (0.9%). Over 38% reported frequently disinfecting their face masks, especially females. Respondents reporting personal atopic predisposition (64.5% vs. 72.1%; p = 0.02) or sensitive skin (65.5% vs. 74.3%; p = 0.005) declared multiple use of face masks less commonly than other individuals. Individuals suffering from facial skin lesions declared disinfecting face masks more commonly (40.8% vs. 34.9%; p = 0.04). Overall, the self-declared utilization of face masks among young people in Poland has improved since the beginning of the epidemic as compared with our previous study. Until the mass vaccination of the public is achieved and government policy is changed, face mask use remains a valuable tool to decrease the transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

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Youth Mask-Wearing and Social-Distancing Behavior at In-Person High School Graduations During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 21 publications

References 23 publications

Unmasking People’s Opinions behind Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic—A Twitter Stance Analysis

Unmasking People’s Opinions behind Mask-Wearing during COVID-19 Pandemic—A Twitter Stance Analysis

What makes Dutch youth comply with preventive COVID‐19 measures? An explorative study

Face Mask Usage among Young Polish People during the COVID-19 Epidemic—An Evolving Scenario

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