Association between school commuting and adolescent mental health: Insights from a longitudinal study amid the pandemic
Gesse Ferreira Lima,
Paulo Nascimento Neto,
Adriano Akira Hino
et al.
Abstract:This study investigates the relationship between transportation modes and adolescent mental health, employing a natural experiment design to longitudinally track Brazilian high-school students amid the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. We surveyed 213 students in the city of Curitiba during and after the COVID-19 lockdown period using the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21) combined with a socioeconomic questionnaire. To analyze changes in DASS between these two times we used the paired-sample T-test,… Show more
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