“I Hate This”: A Qualitative Analysis of Adolescents' Self-Reported Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Scott, Samantha; Rivera, Kenia; Rushing, Ella; Manczak, Erika M.; Rozek, Christopher S.; Doom, Jenalee R.

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.11.010

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“…Unsurprisingly, missed opportunities for social interactions with friends were the most prominent topic in the interviews. This corresponds with findings from qualitative studies carried out in other countries in which adolescents reported that not being with friends was among their biggest challenges [28][29][30]. Adolescence is a period of increased need for peer interaction, and the negative effects of physical distancing and social deprivation may have profound consequences [33].…”

Section: Quality Of Life Degraded By Missed Opportunities and Social Deprivationsupporting

confidence: 86%

“…Also, it is important to recognize the adolescents' concerns with what is potentially lost when their access to school is restricted, both with regards to their academic and their personal development. The long-term effects of losing inperson schooling have yet to be investigated, but, according to the adolescents in our study, and in other studies [30,31], not being at school has negatively affected their work habits, motivation, learning gains and social life.…”

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confidence: 45%

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“It’s hard to keep a distance when you’re with someone you really care about” — a qualitative study of adolescents’ pandemic-related health literacy and how Covid-19 affects their lives

Riiser

Richardsen

Haraldstad

et al. 2021

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Purpose The aim of this study was to explore how adolescents accessed, understood, appraised, and applied information on pandemic preventive measures, how their lives were impacted by long-lasting regulations and how they described their quality of life. Methods A qualitative design with focus group interviews was used to elaborate on the quantitative survey results obtained and analyzed in a previous survey study from the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. Five focus groups with seventeen adolescents were conducted digitally during the second pandemic phase in November and December 2020. The interview data were analyzed with directed content analysis. Results The adolescents reported using traditional media and official websites as sources for Covid-19 information. They engaged in preventive behavior, and washing hands and keeping a distance from strangers had become a habit. However, not being physically close to friends felt strange and unpleasant. The measure most frequently discussed was limiting social contact, which was a constant struggle. No one disputed the authorities' guidelines and rules, but the social restrictions caused boredom and despair, particularly due to interrupted schooling and missed opportunities to engage in life events, and freely socialize with friends. Conclusion The adolescents gave an overall impression of being health literate, which corresponds well with the results from our previous survey study. Their descriptions of how they translated protective measures into their everyday lives demonstrate that they took responsibility and accepted personal costs for the collective good. However, life with social restrictions decreased their quality of life.

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Section: Quality Of Life Degraded By Missed Opportunities and Social Deprivationsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Quality Of Life Degraded By Missed Opportunities and Social Deprivationmentioning

confidence: 45%

“It’s hard to keep a distance when you’re with someone you really care about” — a qualitative study of adolescents’ pandemic-related health literacy and how Covid-19 affects their lives

Riiser

Richardsen

Haraldstad

et al. 2021

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“…It is unclear how these new roles might have influenced parent-child relationships, but it is possible with limited interaction outside the home and parents taking on more roles in their children's lives that there could be increased strain on parent-child relationships. For instance, in qualitative pandemic research, adolescents (m age = 16.28) indicated that they felt isolated and some reported arguing more with their parents (Scott et al, 2021). Further, the quality of parent-child interactions with young children could have also potentially declined during the pandemic as mothers of young children have been reported to be at higher risk for parenting-related exhaustion (Marchetti et al, 2020).…”

Section: Parent-child Relationships and Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parent–Child Relationships and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Qualitative Study with Parents in Early, Middle, and Late Adulthood

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families is currently unknown. Parents and children have experienced a variety of changes as public health interventions have been implemented to slow the spread of the virus. The current exploratory qualitative study recruited parents (n = 365) in early (ages 20-34), middle (ages 35-64), and late (ages 65 and older) adulthood to understand how the early weeks of the pandemic influenced their parent-child relationships. Participants completed an online survey between March 21 and 31, 2020. Three themes emerged through qualitative content analysis: (1) relational steadiness, (2) navigating COVID-19 challenges in relationships, and (3) relational enhancement.

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“…Predominant indoor seclusion might produce fear, loneliness, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders [5], restlessness [6] and even PTSD [7]. In school children, adolescents, the remote teaching promoted by e-learning developed attention and concentration difficulties [8], a peculiar friendship dynamics with isolation, frustration, and consecutive overuse of electronic devices, anger outbursts, proneness for alcohol and/or psychoactive misuse. The Flynn effect, that of constant increase of IQ by decades with at least 3 points, has recently registered a dramatic decrease [9] but probably not yet evidenced by the compensating Dunning-Krueger phenomenon.…”

Section: International Challenges Of Psychiatric Care During the Covid-19 Pandemicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Flynn effect, that of constant increase of IQ by decades with at least 3 points, has recently registered a dramatic decrease [9] but probably not yet evidenced by the compensating Dunning-Krueger phenomenon. A better resilience seems to be in the case of families, peers, teachers' involvement [8,10], and a balance between intellectual and physical tasks [8].…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychiatric Services and Teaching during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Romania

Miclutia¹

2021

Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Resilience During the Pandemic Period - Anthropological and Psychological Perspectives

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The Covid-19 pandemic has been declared in Romania on the 16th March 2020.The medical system reacted promptly: chronic patients had to be discharged within 48 h and further scheduled admittances were postponed, adequate epidemiological measures and circuits were organized. Anxiety, insomnia, frustration, binge eating, domestic violence were reported. The majority respected the general advises but soon, persons selected their information sources rather from social media, being victims of the infodemia and peculiar conspirationist theories. A new disorder has been described: coronaphobia. The psychiatric hospitals and outpatient settings had to reduce or innactivate their activity, switch as much as possible to TelePsychiatry. Psychiatry admittances were: onsets of psychosis, relapses of schizophrenia and alcohol, other psychoactive substances abuses, intoxications, and withdrawal states. Later, there were depressions, bipolar disorders, suicide attempts, self-harm in borderline disorder, dementia and delirium. Due to the closure of outpatient units for several months, patients visited the Emergency rooms. Personnel experienced burnout and new psychiatric pathology developed in the aftermath of Covid-19 infection. A big relief occurred with the initial vaccination of the medical staff and seniors, chronically ill persons, psychiatric patients being again left behind. Medical teaching shifted entirely to online and in 2021 the hybrid teaching system has been employed.

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“I Hate This”: A Qualitative Analysis of Adolescents' Self-Reported Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 147 publications

References 19 publications

“It’s hard to keep a distance when you’re with someone you really care about” — a qualitative study of adolescents’ pandemic-related health literacy and how Covid-19 affects their lives

“It’s hard to keep a distance when you’re with someone you really care about” — a qualitative study of adolescents’ pandemic-related health literacy and how Covid-19 affects their lives

Parent–Child Relationships and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Exploratory Qualitative Study with Parents in Early, Middle, and Late Adulthood

Psychiatric Services and Teaching during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Romania

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