Socio-ecological Resilience Relates to Lower Internalizing Symptoms among Adolescents during the Strictest Period of COVID-19 Lockdown in Perú.
Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol
; 50(11): 1429-1444, 2022 Nov.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1942251
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has touched the lives of adolescents around the world. This short-term longitudinal, observational study followed 1,334 adolescents (11-17 yo) to investigate whether social-ecological resilience relates to intra- and inter-personal resources and/or the caregiver relationship relates to changes in internalizing symptoms during five stressful weeks of COVID-19 lockdown in Perú. In this work, we contextualize social-ecological resilience in relation to culturally-relevant personal and caregiver resources that youth can use to adapt to stressful situations. We found that adolescents who reported higher levels of personal, caregiver, and overall resilience had lower levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms at week six. We also find that personal, caregiver, and overall resilience moderated the change in anxiety symptoms from week 6 to week 11 of lockdown in 2020. Our findings underscore the importance of social-ecological resilience related to both intra/interpersonal resources and the caregiver relationship for minimizing the harmful impacts of COVID-19 on adolescent internalizing symptoms.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Peru
Language:
English
Journal:
Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10802-022-00928-y
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