Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic, Medical University of Lodz, Kopcinskiego 22, 90-153 Lodz, Poland.
Salesian School Complex, 90-046 Lodz, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 26;19(11):6462. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116462.
COVID-19 has dominated health, economic, and geopolitical issues for many months, but it also has great influence on individuals and families. The aim of this study was to verify whether the pandemic of COVID-19 changed religious practices and how religiosity moderated the influence of the pandemic on family interactions and attitudes towards health issues in adolescents.
The study groups included 561 adolescent high school students (314 females and 247 males) from two kinds of high schools: public and Catholic.
Most Catholic school students have not changed their religious practices during the pandemic or just changed the form of attendance to TV or internet (59.7%). Moreover, 8.6% of them stopped the practices, in comparison with 12.9% of public school students, most of whom had not attended a mass before and during the pandemic. The results showed that in adolescents' opinions the pandemic caused family relations to be stronger, however this effect was modified by religiosity.
Attending Catholic school and being a practicing believer influenced some aspects of faith and family relations during the pandemic, but in most aspects, they did not influence attitudes toward health issues. The results of the study highlight the need to secure, especially for non-believing adolescents, family support during the pandemic, while in believers faith may provide such support.
COVID-19 已主导了数月的健康、经济和地缘政治问题，但它对个人和家庭也有很大的影响。本研究旨在验证 COVID-19 大流行是否改变了宗教实践，以及宗教信仰在多大程度上缓和了大流行对青少年家庭互动和对健康问题态度的影响。
研究组包括来自两种高中的 561 名青少年高中生（314 名女性和 247 名男性）：公立和天主教。
大多数天主教学校的学生在大流行期间没有改变他们的宗教实践，或者只是将参加形式改为电视或互联网（59.7%）。相比之下，有 8.6%的学生停止了宗教实践，而公立学校的学生则有 12.9%，其中大多数人在大流行之前和期间都没有参加过弥撒。研究结果表明，在青少年的观点中，大流行使家庭关系更加紧密，但这种影响受到宗教信仰的调节。
上天主教学校和成为一名有实践信仰的信徒会在大流行期间影响信仰和家庭关系的某些方面，但在大多数方面，它们不会影响对健康问题的态度。研究结果强调了在大流行期间需要保障家庭支持的必要性，尤其是对不信教的青少年而言，而在信徒中，信仰可能会提供这种支持。
