Risk Factors Associated With Increased Anxiety Sensitivity in Children and Adolescents in Northwest China During COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

Jin, Qiaoyan; Ma, Wei; Zhang, Yang; Wang, Huiyuan; Hao, Juanjuan; Geng, Yan; Zhong, Bo; Li, Jing; Hou, Wei; Lu, Shemin

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.933207

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“…These �indings suggest that, in many cases, respiratory symptoms reported by children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic had psychological roots. This hypothesis is in keeping with the increased anxiety, depression and psychological distress described by several papers in children and adolescents (11)(12)(13)(14).…”

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Indications and outcomes of exercise challenge tests performed in children before and during COVID-19 pandemic

De Bernardo,

Ferraro,

Zanconato

et al. 2024

Pediatr Respir J

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COVID-19 pandemic has had a signi�icant impact on general health. In fact, although barely affected by respiratory problems, children and adolescents undoubtedly suffered from the consequences of the pandemic, especially from a psychological standpoint. We aimed to evaluate whether the COVID-19 pandemic modi�ied the indications and the results of Exercise Challenge Tests (ECTs) conducted in a pediatric pulmonology center. This was an observational retrospective monocenter study. We analyzed indications and results of all the ECTs performed between March 2021 and September 2022 (COVID-19 period) and, for comparison, those performed between September 2018 and March 2020 (pre-COVID-19 period). 62 ECTs were performed during the COVID-19 period and 64 during the pre-COVID-19 (proportion of positive test 19.3% and 18.7%, respectively). During the COVID-19 period there was a signi�icant increase (18 vs 4) in the number of ECTs requested because of a mix of subjective respiratory symptoms and vague non-respiratory symptoms and all these tests resulted negative. During the pandemic era we observed an increased number of children and adolescents complaining mixed subjective exercise-related respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms. The ECTs conducted in these patients were all negative, suggesting a functional nature for the reported symptoms.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Indications and outcomes of exercise challenge tests performed in children before and during COVID-19 pandemic

De Bernardo,

Ferraro,

Zanconato

et al. 2024

Pediatr Respir J

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“…This may be due to the fact that learning tasks and social life are relatively simple in junior high school, and there are fewer psychological conflicts and contradictions, so students have a good self-perception of their adaptation status in all aspects. However, as students grow older, the physiological changes in adolescent development, the increase of studies pressure, and the complexity of interpersonal relationships, psychological conflicts and contradictions arise constantly, and students may experience some degree of maladaptation in various aspects ( Jin et al, 2022 ). The contrast between their independent self-consciousness and immature psychological development also leads to swings in interpersonal development.…”

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confidence: 99%

A survey study of Chinese adolescents’ mental and interpersonal quality: Evidence from COVID-19 pandemic

et al. 2022

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Since 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic, as a global public health emergency, has led to stringency measures (such as lockdown) of various degrees worldwide. As these measures such as social distancing measures and mandatory lockdown are intended to minimize social mobility, they have exerted remarkable impact on individuals’ mental health, particularly, adolescents and children. The mental health problems caused include fear, anxiety, sense of isolation and development of more maladaptive behaviors due to prolonged lockdown and restricted interpersonal contact. However, well adaption status and stable interpersonal relationships play an important role in maintaining and promoting the mental health of adolescents and children. This study aims to gain a new sight of understanding of the mental health quality of Chinese adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in terms of adaptation and interpersonal quality. The study is based on a survey on a total of 7,318 junior and senior high school students aged 12–18 years in various regions of China, and intended to examine the differences in adolescent mental health quality by sociodemographic variables such as gender, grade, urban and rural areas, only child, and parental education level. Our study finds that Chinese adolescents show an overall good adaptation and interpersonal quality during the lockdown. However there exists disparity across different categories in developmental patterns of adaptation and interpersonal quality. In addition, good family environment, moderate financial and emotional support, higher parental education level, etc. contribute to the cultivation and improvement of adolescents’ mental health quality. Finally, we suggest that the government and researchers should pay more attention to adolescents’ mental health issues in terms of adaption status and interpersonal relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for disadvantaged social groups such as girls, younger students, and low-income family students.

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“…The participants of this study ( N = 1064 Chinese adults) were recruited in one round in September 2021 (nine months after the cooling‐off period policy took effect), from a Chinese survey company, Wenjuanxing. Wenjuanxing is well‐recognized as a professional online survey tool in China and is widely used in China‐related social studies (e.g., Jin et al, 2022; Li et al, 2022; Ning et al, 2020; Z. Qin et al, 2021). Wenjuanxing functions similarly to Amazon Mechanical Turk.…”

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Investigating the potential of civil disagreement to decrease issue polarization in China

2023

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With mass polarization becoming an increasingly urgent sociopolitical agenda in both established and emerging democracies, academics and policy‐makers have been racing to develop effective depolarizing approaches. While (semi‐)authoritarian nations have also been afflicted by social cleavage and a negative, incompatible and even radicalized discussion climate towards public policy and sociopolitical issues, polarization and related countermeasures in such contexts have thus far gained scarce academic attention. The present study addresses this gap, investigating the depolarization potential of exposure to civil (vs. uncivil) cross‐cutting discussion in China's cyberspace. Through online experiment (N = 1064), participants were exposed to dissonant viewpoints on China's contentious divorce‐cooling‐off‐period policy, presented as original Weibo posts (China's social network site). Our results prove the effectiveness of civil disagreement, as a virtue and precondition of deliberation, in alleviating opinion extremity. Finally, implications for China's wider political system and deliberation studies are discussed.

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Risk Factors Associated With Increased Anxiety Sensitivity in Children and Adolescents in Northwest China During COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

Cited by 6 publications

References 62 publications

Indications and outcomes of exercise challenge tests performed in children before and during COVID-19 pandemic

Indications and outcomes of exercise challenge tests performed in children before and during COVID-19 pandemic

A survey study of Chinese adolescents’ mental and interpersonal quality: Evidence from COVID-19 pandemic

Investigating the potential of civil disagreement to decrease issue polarization in China

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