Department of Psychology, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, India.
Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Front Public Health. 2021 May 20;9:645183. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.645183. eCollection 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented stress to young people. Despite recent speculative suggestions of poorer mental health in young people in India since the start of the pandemic, there have been no systematic efforts to measure these. Here we report on the content of worries of Indian adolescents and identify groups of young people who may be particularly vulnerable to negative emotions along with reporting on the impact of coronavirus on their lives. Three-hundred-and-ten young people from North India (51% male, 12-18 years) reported on their personal experiences of being infected by the coronavirus, the impact of the pandemic and its' restrictions across life domains, their top worries, social restrictions, and levels of negative affect and anhedonia. Findings showed that most participants had no personal experience (97.41%) or knew anyone (82.58%) with COVID-19, yet endorsed moderate-to-severe impact of COVID-19 on their academics, social life, and work. These impacts in turn associated with negative affect. Participants' top worries focused on academic attainments, social and recreational activities, and physical health. More females than males worried about academic attainment and physical health while more males worried about social and recreational activities. Thus, Indian adolescents report significant impact of the pandemic on various aspects of their life and are particularly worried about academic attainments, social and recreational activities and physical health. These findings call for a need to ensure provisions and access to digital education and medical care.
COVID-19 大流行给年轻人带来了前所未有的压力。尽管最近有推测称，自大流行开始以来，印度年轻人的心理健康状况较差，但尚未进行系统的测量。在这里，我们报告了印度青少年的担忧内容，并确定了可能特别容易受到负面情绪影响的年轻人群体，同时还报告了冠状病毒对他们生活的影响。来自印度北部的 310 名年轻人（51%为男性，年龄在 12-18 岁）报告了他们个人感染冠状病毒的经历、大流行及其对生活各个领域的限制的影响、他们最担心的问题、社交限制以及负面情绪和快感缺失的程度。研究结果表明，大多数参与者没有个人感染（97.41%）或认识任何人（82.58%）感染了 COVID-19，但他们认为 COVID-19 对他们的学业、社交生活和工作产生了中度至重度影响。这些影响反过来又与负面情绪有关。参与者最担心的是学业成绩、社交和娱乐活动以及身体健康。与男性相比，更多的女性担心学业成绩和身体健康，而更多的男性则担心社交和娱乐活动。因此，印度青少年报告称，大流行对他们生活的各个方面都产生了重大影响，特别担心学业成绩、社交和娱乐活动以及身体健康。这些发现呼吁有必要确保提供和获得数字教育和医疗保健。
