从COVID-19大流行之前到整个COVID-19大流行期间,不同青少年群体的心理健康变化
Robin Achterhof1, Olivia J Kirtley2, Ginette Lafit3
1Center for Contextual Psychiatry, Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Psychiatry research
|September 26, 2025
概括
COVID-19大流行影响了青少年的心理健康,女孩和LGBTQIA+年轻人经历了更高的精神病理. 虽然大多数青少年表现出性,但针对性支持对弱势群体至关重要.
科学领域:
- 青少年心理健康研究研究
- 流行病的心理影响 流行病的心理影响
- 心理健康中的社会人口差异.
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,COVID-19大流行严重影响了青少年心理健康.
- 识别脆弱的年轻人群对于有效应对危机至关重要.
- 这项研究研究了大流行对比利时不同青少年群体的心理健康影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估大流行对各种社会人口群体青少年的心理健康影响.
- 为了确定特定的青少年人口不成比例地受到大流行影响.
- 为未来的公共卫生战略提供信息,以应对青年在危机期间的心理健康.
主要方法:
- 长度研究 (SIGMA) 与青少年在三个波段 (2018-2023) 进行.
- 使用简要症状清单-53.3评估亚临床焦虑,抑郁,精神病症和一般精神病理.
- 采用多层线性回归模型来分析心理病理学和社会人口统计学预测因素的变化.
主要成果:
- 观察到心理病理的早期有限增加 (抑郁症W1-W2).
- 从W1到W3观察到的焦虑和一般精神病理的减少.
- 报告同性吸引力的女孩和青少年报告了更高的症状水平.
结论:
- 大多数青少年表现出了对大流行精神健康影响的抵御力.
- 某些群体,尤其是LGBTQIA+青年,始终表现出高度的精神病理.
- 对处于风险的年轻人群,包括那些易受影响的流行病前群体,需要持续关注和支持.
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