COVID-19流行病对瑞典青少年心理健康,心理社会功能,风险行为和受害者状况的影响:性别差异和影响
Catrin Johansson1,2, Britt Hedman Ahlström1,2, Marijana Barac1
1Department of Health Sciences, University West, 461 86 Trollhättan, Sweden.
概括
COVID-19大流行对瑞典青少年的整体影响较低,但青少年男性报告了更多的焦虑,抑郁和吸毒. 女性表现出更多积极的应对行为,受害者程度下降.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19 流行病对全球公共卫生产生了重大影响,影响了各种人口群体.
- 青少年代表了一个脆弱的群体,他们的心理健康和行为可能特别容易受到与大流行有关的压力因素的影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19大流行对瑞典青少年心理健康,心理社会功能,风险行为和受害感的影响.
- 确定青少年在流行病相关结果中的性别特异性差异.
主要方法:
- 对1607名瑞典高中学生 (15-19岁) 进行电子调查.
- 数据收集发生在2020年9月至2021年2月期间,捕捉了大流行病的第一年.
- 该调查评估了心理健康,心理社会功能,风险行为和受害者状况的变化.
主要成果:
- 总体而言,大流行对瑞典青少年的影响相对较低,观察到有显著的性别差异.
- 与女性相比,青少年男性报告的焦虑,抑郁,睡眠障碍,愤怒和非法药物使用增加的水平较高.
- 青春期女性的健康促进行为增加,整体受害率下降.
结论:
- 这些发现凸显了在瑞典COVID-19大流行期间青少年男性所面临的独特挑战.
- 在学校,社会服务和医疗保健中提高专业意识对于支持青少年男性心理健康至关重要.
- 针对性别的具体干预措施可能是必要的,以解决大流行对青少年的各种心理和行为影响.
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