Group de Recherche et d'intervention sur les adaptations sociales de l'enfance, département de psychoéducation, Université de Sherbrooke, 150 Place Charles Lemoyne, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
Department of Psychology, McGill University, 2001 Avenue McGill College, Montréal, QC H3A 1G1, Montréal, QC, Canada.
J Adolesc. 2021 Dec;93:190-201. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2021.11.005. Epub 2021 Nov 12.
Adolescents typically spend decreasing amounts of time with family members, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed this pattern for many youth. The objective of the current study was to better understand adolescents' perceived change in family relationship quality, and how these perceptions were related to psychosocial functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for more traditional measures of family relationship quality. Understanding how adolescents perceived change in relationship quality with family members during the pandemic offers novel insight into adolescents' relationships with their families and psychosocial functioning during this period.
A sample of Canadian adolescents (N = 605, ages 14 to 18, 53% girls), was employed to examine patterns of adolescents' perceived change in relationship quality with parents and siblings since the start of the pandemic, accounting for relationship quality, pandemic-related characteristics, and demographic variables.
Four latent profiles were identified: youth who perceived (1) low change, (2) improvement only, (3) moderate instability and (4) high instability in relationship quality. Higher perceived instability was associated with poorer functioning, with youth who reported only improvement reporting the highest overall level of functioning.
Adolescent perceptions of change in relationship quality were heterogeneous, and contribute to psychosocial functioning over and above their general evaluations of relationship quality. In particular, youth who perceive considerable change in their relationships with siblings and parents may require additional support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
青少年通常与家庭成员共度的时间越来越少，但 COVID-19 大流行改变了许多年轻人的这种模式。本研究的目的是更好地了解青少年对家庭关系质量变化的感知，以及这些感知如何与 COVID-19 大流行期间的心理社会功能相关，同时考虑到更传统的家庭关系质量衡量标准。了解青少年在大流行期间如何感知与家庭成员关系质量的变化，为青少年在这一时期与家人的关系和心理社会功能提供了新的见解。
采用加拿大青少年样本（N=605，年龄 14 至 18 岁，53%为女性），考察自大流行开始以来青少年对与父母和兄弟姐妹关系质量变化的感知模式，同时考虑关系质量、与大流行相关的特征和人口统计学变量。
确定了四个潜在的模式：（1）感知变化低，（2）仅改善，（3）关系质量中度不稳定，（4）关系质量高度不稳定。感知到的不稳定性越高，功能越差，仅报告改善的青少年报告的整体功能水平最高。
青少年对关系质量变化的感知存在异质性，并且对心理社会功能的贡献超过了他们对关系质量的一般评价。特别是，那些感知与兄弟姐妹和父母关系发生重大变化的青少年可能需要额外的支持以应对 COVID-19 大流行。
