在COVID-19期间早期青少年的睡眠,大脑系统和持续的压力:从ABCD研究的见解
Orsolya Kiss1, Zihan Qu2, Eva M Müller-Oehring3
1Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
Journal of affective disorders
|November 9, 2023
概括
在COVID-19大流行期间,青少年的压力有所不同,有些人经历了持续的高压力. 疫情前的大脑结构和睡眠困难预测了这种脆弱性,突出了除了疫情本身之外的个体风险因素.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 青少年发展 青少年发展
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行对青少年来说是一个重要的压力因素,扰乱了日常生活和日常生活.
- 个人对流行病相关压力的反应各不相同,这表明先前存在的因素可能会影响脆弱性.
- 青春期是大脑和睡眠发育的关键时期,可能会影响压力调节.
研究的目的:
- 在青少年中分析COVID-19大流行期间的压力水平集群.
- 为了确定与持续高压力相关的大脑结构和睡眠的流行前危险因素.
主要方法:
- 在大流行的第一年,对5559名青少年 (年龄11-14岁) 的感知压力的纵向分析.
- 机器学习模型用于从3141名青少年的结构性MRI和睡眠数据中识别疫情前预测因素.
- 作为青少年大脑认知发展 (ABCD) 研究的一部分收集的数据.
主要成果:
- 5%的青少年报告说,在整个流行病的第一年持续高压力水平.
- 疫情前的皮质体积 (部) 和厚度 (部,部) 预测了持续的压力.
- 疫情前的睡眠困难,睡眠时间短暂,以及晚期青春期也是重要的预测因素.
结论:
- 青少年对COVID-19大流行表现出各种各样的压力反应.
- 疫情前的大脑结构和睡眠测量确定了容易受到持续压力的个体.
- 这些发现强调了先前存在的个人因素在青少年在重大生活事件期间的压力反应中的作用.
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