Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), Herzliya, Israel.
School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
J Adolesc. 2024 Jun;96(4):746-759. doi: 10.1002/jad.12295. Epub 2024 Jan 29.
This study examined the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents' substance use, digital media use, and symptoms of internet, gaming, and social media addiction.
A nationally representative longitudinal cohort of 1665 Israeli teens and preteens, aged 9-16, completed questionnaires assessing substance use prevalence, daily screen time, symptoms of media addiction, and potential risk and protective factors. Data were collected before the pandemic (October 2019), after the second wave lockdown (November 2020), and after the fifth wave (April 2022) in Israel.
The analysis documented significant increases in substance use, daily screen time, and social media addiction indices over time. Gratitude, life satisfaction, positive emotions, future orientation, grit, and secure attachment emerged as significant protective factors. Sensation-seeking, negative emotions, and mental health symptoms were identified as risk factors.
These findings highlight the importance of educational and public mental health services in addressing the pandemic's long-term impact on the mental health and addictive behaviors of adolescents. They also emphasize the significance of enhancing protective factors and reducing risk factors to effectively mitigate substance and digital media abuse among adolescents.
本研究考察了 COVID-19 大流行对青少年物质使用、数字媒体使用以及网络、游戏和社交媒体成瘾症状的长期影响。
一项针对以色列 1665 名 9-16 岁青少年的全国代表性纵向队列研究，使用问卷评估物质使用流行率、每日屏幕时间、媒体成瘾症状以及潜在的风险和保护因素。数据在大流行前（2019 年 10 月）、以色列第二次封锁后（2020 年 11 月）和第五波（2022 年 4 月）后收集。
分析记录了物质使用、每日屏幕时间和社交媒体成瘾指数随时间的显著增加。感激、生活满意度、积极情绪、未来取向、毅力和安全依恋被确定为重要的保护因素。寻求刺激、消极情绪和心理健康症状被确定为风险因素。
这些发现强调了教育和公共心理健康服务在解决大流行对青少年心理健康和成瘾行为的长期影响方面的重要性。它们还强调了增强保护因素和减少风险因素的重要性，以有效减轻青少年的物质和数字媒体滥用。
