Afriat Melanie, De France Kalee, Stack Dale M, Serbin Lisa A, Hollenstein Tom
Psychology Department, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6 Canada.
Center for Emotional Intelligence, Yale University, 350 George St, New Haven, CT 06511 USA.
J Child Fam Stud. 2023;32(2):544-554. doi: 10.1007/s10826-022-02519-3. Epub 2023 Jan 21.
Although parent-adolescent and peer-adolescent relationship quality are critical for adolescent wellbeing during typical stressful life events, the unique features of the COVID-19 pandemic put into question whether strong parent-adolescent and peer-adolescent relationship quality functioned as protective factors of adolescent mental health in this context. The current longitudinal study examined a community sample of adolescents across 3 time points, each 6 months apart (Time 1: Fall, 2019; = 163, 50.9% male; mean age = 15.75 years, SD = 1.02). Results showed that increases in depression symptoms, perceived stress, and emotion dysregulation from Fall 2019 to Fall 2020 were predicted by changes in parent, but not peer relationship quality. The current study demonstrates that adolescent-parent relationship quality may be protective against mental health difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic, while adolescent-peer relationship quality may not. Identifying protective factors that may play a role in mitigating the impact of the pandemic, and other such widespread health crises, on youth mental health is critical in reducing the long-term psychological harm of the viral outbreak, as well as promoting adolescent wellbeing and resilience.
尽管在典型的压力性生活事件中，亲子关系和青少年同伴关系的质量对青少年的幸福至关重要，但新冠疫情的独特特征让人质疑，在这种情况下，稳固的亲子关系和青少年同伴关系质量是否能起到保护青少年心理健康的作用。当前的纵向研究对一个社区青少年样本在三个时间点进行了调查，每个时间点间隔6个月（时间1：2019年秋季；n = 163，男性占50.9%；平均年龄 = 15.75岁，标准差 = 1.02）。结果显示，从2019年秋季到2020年秋季，抑郁症状、感知压力和情绪失调的增加是由亲子关系质量的变化预测的，而非同伴关系质量的变化。当前的研究表明，在新冠疫情期间，青少年与父母的关系质量可能对心理健康问题起到保护作用，而青少年与同伴的关系质量则不然。确定可能在减轻疫情以及其他此类广泛的健康危机对青少年心理健康影响方面发挥作用的保护因素，对于减少病毒爆发的长期心理伤害以及促进青少年的幸福和恢复力至关重要。
