Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Department of Education, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Front Public Health. 2024 Feb 9;12:1327999. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1327999. eCollection 2024.
The mental health of young people has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures associated with it. Mental health symptoms increased across various domains during the pandemic and subjective wellbeing decreased.
This study examined the burdens and resources of Austrian school students ( = 16.63 years old) in the third year of the pandemic and compared them descriptively with the burdens and resources identified in a comparative study in 2021. A cross-sectional online survey with open-ended questions from April to May 2022 provided data that was analyzed using qualitative content analysis. A sub-sample of = 214 was selected from the larger sample. This sub-sample is representative for the Austrian population aged 15-19 in terms of gender and migrant background.
Analysis of the open-ended questions showed that concerns about the pandemic and the burdens of the measures were no longer on young people's minds at the time of the survey in 2022. On the other hand, stress at school was increasing and the opening of schools and the resumption of face-to-face teaching were challenging for respondents. While resuming social contacts and leisure activities was mentioned as a resource by many respondents, some also expressed a desire for more time off and a retreat into coping strategies such as sleeping more or avoiding problems.
Our findings suggest that there is a need for low-threshold support from teachers and parents to help students catch up on missed lessons and to empathize with the mas they make the transition back to "old normal".
COVID-19 大流行及其相关措施严重影响了年轻人的心理健康。大流行期间，各种领域的心理健康症状都有所增加，主观幸福感下降。
本研究调查了奥地利学校学生（年龄 = 16.63 岁）在大流行第三年的负担和资源，并与 2021 年的一项比较研究中确定的负担和资源进行了描述性比较。2022 年 4 月至 5 月期间，通过横断面在线调查和开放式问题收集数据，使用定性内容分析对数据进行分析。从更大的样本中选择了 = 214 的子样本。该子样本在性别和移民背景方面代表了年龄在 15-19 岁的奥地利人口。
对开放式问题的分析表明，在 2022 年调查时，年轻人不再关注大流行和措施的负担。另一方面，学校的压力越来越大，学校的开放和面对面教学的恢复对受访者来说具有挑战性。虽然许多受访者表示恢复社交联系和休闲活动是一种资源，但也有一些人表示希望有更多的休息时间，并采取更多的应对策略，如多睡觉或避免问题。
我们的研究结果表明，教师和家长需要提供低门槛的支持，帮助学生弥补错过的课程，并对他们在回归“旧常态”时所面临的困难表示同情。
