Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology, Vilnius University, LT-01513 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Vilnius University, LT-03101 Vilnius, Lithuania.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Mar 12;19(6):3360. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063360.
Recent research highlights the impact of prolonged pandemics and lockdown on the mental health of youngsters. The second wave of COVID-19 brought an increase in mental health problems among young people. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the main factors arising from intra-individual, inter-individual, and environmental contexts that predict good psychological well-being in a group of adolescents after a second prolonged period of social restrictions and distance education. The study included 1483 school students from 11 to 19 years old. The survey assessed self-reported students' psychological well-being (WHO-5 index), physical activity, sedentary behavior, school social capital, communication with peers and relationships with parents, existing emotional and behavioral problems. The results indicated that 58% of adolescents were of good psychological well-being in spring 2021, after half a year in lockdown. Almost 19% of adolescents had depression risk. The study revealed that during a period of prolonged isolation, male gender, better relationships between young people and their parents, the absence of serious emotional and behavioral problems, less sedentary behavior, and higher school social capital were found to be significant factors predicting adolescents' psychological well-being. Lower physical activity is an important contributor to students' poor well-being. Finally, the lack of face-to-face communication with peers was revealed as a specific factor in predicting adolescents with depression risk.
最近的研究强调了长期大流行和封锁对年轻人心理健康的影响。第二波 COVID-19 导致年轻人的心理健康问题增加。因此，本研究旨在分析在第二次长时间的社会限制和远程教育之后，从个体内部、个体之间和环境背景中产生的主要因素，这些因素预测了一组青少年的良好心理幸福感。该研究包括来自 11 至 19 岁的 1483 名在校学生。该调查评估了自我报告的学生的心理幸福感（WHO-5 指数）、体育活动、久坐行为、学校社会资本、与同伴的交流以及与父母的关系，以及现有的情绪和行为问题。结果表明，在春季 2021 年，即封锁半年后，有 58%的青少年心理幸福感良好。近 19%的青少年存在抑郁风险。研究表明，在长时间隔离期间，男性、青少年与父母之间更好的关系、没有严重的情绪和行为问题、更少的久坐行为和更高的学校社会资本被发现是预测青少年心理幸福感的重要因素。较低的身体活动是导致学生幸福感差的一个重要因素。最后，发现与同伴面对面交流的缺乏是预测青少年有抑郁风险的一个特定因素。
