Abstract
Individual, Family, and Community Characteristics Associated With COVID-19–Specific Worry and Lack of Worry Among Norwegian High School Students in First Pandemic Year
Highlights
Research on adolescent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic tends to focus on individuals with increased anxiety levels,[1,2] overlooking adolescents who may not be worried at all
We analyzed data from 2319 Norwegian high school students from the nationwide Monitoring Young Lifestyles (MyLife) study longitudinally conducted in annual assessments since autumn 2017.4
Oldest age, presence of mental health risk, unknown family immigrant status, history of illness or death in the family, and residence in communities with high infection rates were associated with increased odds of excessive worry about schooling. In this prospective cohort study, we found that most high school students from our Norwegian sample were moderately worried about COVID-19 infection and schooling during the initial pandemic year
Summary
Research on adolescent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic tends to focus on individuals with increased anxiety levels,[1,2] overlooking adolescents who may not be worried at all. Understanding heterogeneity of adolescents’ pandemic-specific worries may be especially relevant because these may be associated with differential compliance with health and control measures[3] and perhaps necessitate differential public health approaches. We investigated associations of various characteristics at the individual, family, and community levels with different types and levels of pandemic-specific worries among Norwegian high school students during the initial pandemic year. These worries included excessive worries and no worries at all
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