Department of Public Health, Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Department of Healthcare Management, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
Front Public Health. 2022 Sep 6;10:904985. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.904985. eCollection 2022.
This study examined whether pandemic related family economic hardships influenced adolescents' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Korea.
Data were collected from 54,948 adolescents who participated in the 2020 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-Based Survey. We performed a multiple logistic regression analysis to examine the association between family economic hardship and mental health (anxiety, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation).
Among the adolescents, 39.7, 24.7, and 5.9% reported slight, moderate, and severe economic hardship, respectively. COVID-19 related family economic hardship was significantly associated with higher odds of adolescents reporting anxiety, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation. This association was stronger among adolescents with low to middle family economic status.
This study suggests that adolescents from more economically vulnerable families are likely to be at a higher risk for long-term mental health effects due to the financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
本研究旨在探讨新冠疫情期间与疫情相关的家庭经济困难是否会影响韩国青少年的心理健康。
本研究数据来自于参与 2020 年韩国青少年风险行为网络调查的 54948 名青少年。我们采用多因素逻辑回归分析来检验家庭经济困难与心理健康（焦虑、抑郁症状和自杀意念）之间的关系。
在这些青少年中，分别有 39.7%、24.7%和 5.9%报告了轻微、中度和严重的经济困难。与新冠疫情相关的家庭经济困难与青少年报告焦虑、抑郁症状和自杀意念的几率升高显著相关。这种关联在家庭经济地位处于中下等的青少年中更为强烈。
本研究表明，来自经济较为脆弱家庭的青少年可能因新冠疫情的经济后果而面临更高的长期心理健康风险。
