Vallejo-Slocker Laura, Sanz Jesús, García-Vera María P, Fresneda Javier, Vallejo Miguel A
Aldeas Infantiles SOS España.
Psicothema. 2022 May;34(2):249-258. doi: 10.7334/psicothema2021.467.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to a situation without precedent in modern history. The aim of this study is to analyse the consequences after one year of the pandemic on a group of children and adolescents assessed at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 and to determine the most effective ways of psychologically coping with this pandemic.
Two different, but equivalent, groups with a total of 604 (study I, 2020) and 743 (study II, 2021) children and adolescents in residential care, foster families, kinship families or family strengthening programs in Spain were evaluated using the SDQ (mental health measure), KIDSCREEN-10 index (quality of life measure) and Kidcope (coping behaviour measure). An independent sample t-test and a decision tree analysis were used.
The mental health of children and adolescents decreased by 9.7%, and Self-Perceived quality of life did not change after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonactive coping strategies predicted worse mental health and worse quality of life. Problem solving served as a protective factor.
One year after, the COVID-19 pandemic has an effect on the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents, and the consequences can be reduced if proper coping strategies are used.
冠状病毒大流行导致了现代历史上前所未有的局面。本研究的目的是分析大流行一年后对2020年大流行开始时评估的一组儿童和青少年的影响，并确定心理应对这一流行病的最有效方法。
使用SDQ（心理健康测量）、KIDSCREEN - 10指数（生活质量测量）和Kidcope（应对行为测量）对西班牙604名（研究I，2020年）和743名（研究II，2021年）儿童和青少年进行评估，这些儿童和青少年分别来自寄宿照料机构、寄养家庭、亲属家庭或家庭强化项目。采用独立样本t检验和决策树分析。
COVID - 19大流行一年后，儿童和青少年的心理健康下降了9.7%，自我感知的生活质量没有变化。消极的应对策略预示着更差的心理健康和更差的生活质量。解决问题起到了保护作用。
一年后，COVID - 19大流行对儿童和青少年的心理健康有影响，如果使用适当的应对策略，后果可以减轻。
