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AUTHOR(S) Cassie J. Brownell
AUTHOR(S) Pierre-Loup Beauregard; Marie Connolly; Catherine Haeck (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Danaë Larivière-Bastien; Olivier Aubuchon; Aurélie Blondin (et al.)
Good quality friendships and relationships are critical to the development of social competence and are associated with quality of life and mental health in childhood and adolescence. Through social distancing and isolation restrictions, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the way in which youth socialize and communicate with friends, peers, teachers and family on a daily basis. In order to understand children's social functioning during the pandemic, it is essential to gather information on their experiences and perceptions concerning the social changes unique to this period. The objective of this study was to document children and adolescents' perspectives regarding their social life and friendships during the COVID-19 pandemic, through qualitative interviews. Participants (N = 67, 5–14 years) were recruited in May and June 2020. Semi-structured interviews were conducted via a videoconferencing platform. A thematic qualitative analysis was conducted based on the transcribed and coded interviews (NVivo).
AUTHOR(S) Keira B. Leneman; Sydney Levasseur-Puhach; Sarah Gillespie (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Gabrielle Duguay; Julia Garon-Bissonnette; Roxanne Lemieux (et al.)
An upsurge in psychological distress was documented in pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigated with a longitudinal design whether prenatal and postnatal maternal distress during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower infant socioemotional development. Pregnant women (N = 468, Mage = 30,00, 97.6% White) were recruited during the first COVID-19 mandatory lockdown in Quebec, Canada, from April 2nd to April 13th 2020 and were re-contacted at two months postpartum to complete self-reported measures of general (i.e. not specifically related to the COVID-19 pandemic) anxio-depressive symptoms and infant development. Structural equation modeling analyses were performed using maximum likelihood parameter estimation.
AUTHOR(S) Tara M. Dumas; Wendy E. Ellis; Stephen Van Hedger (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic notably altered adolescent substance use during the initial stage (Spring 2020) of the pandemic. The purpose of this longitudinal study is to examine trajectories of adolescent substance use across the pandemic and subsequent periods of stay-at-home orders and re-opening efforts. It further examined differences as a function of current high school student versus graduate status. Adolescents (n = 1068, 14–18 years, Mage = 16.95 years and 76.7% female at T1) completed 4 different self-report surveys, starting during the first stay-at-home order and ending approximately 14 months later. Negative binomial hurdle models predicted: (1) the likelihood of no substance use and (2) frequency of days of substance use.
AUTHOR(S) Hilary A. T. Caldwell; Matthew B. Miller; Constance Tweedie (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Maxime Morsa; Samuel Sassine; Xin Yu Yang (et al.)
COVID-19 has led to unprecedented public health measures such as school and university closures across the world. While initial surveys show an increase in anxiety, we have little information on the subjective experience of adolescents and young adults (AYAs). The aims of this study were to understand the lived experience and needs of AYAs related to home confinement and preventive measures due to COVID-19. A total of 25 AYAs (13–24 years old) with diverse gender, age, or health conditions, living in Québec (Canada), were interviewed in May 2020, during the COVID-19 home confinement period. Four virtual focus groups were held via a virtual video-conferencing platform (Zoom©). Thematic analysis was conducted.
AUTHOR(S) Corry Azzopardi; Cynthia Sing-Yu Shih; Andrea M. Burke (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Natasha Ruth Saunders; Paul Kurdyak; Therese A. Stukel (et al.)
Public health measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have heightened distress among children and adolescents and contributed to a shift in delivery of mental health care services. This study aims to measure and compare physician-based outpatient mental health care utilization before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and quantify the extent of uptake of virtual care delivery. Population-based repeated cross-sectional study using linked health and administrative databases in Ontario, Canada. All individuals aged 3 to 17 years residing in Ontario from January 1, 2017, to February 28, 2021.
AUTHOR(S) Samantha Burns; Calpanaa Jegatheeswaran; Michal Perlman
AUTHOR(S) Alex Abramovich; Nelson Pang; Sharumathy Kunasekaran (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted 2SLGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness. Little is known about vaccine attitudes and uptake among this population. To address this, the objectives of this study were to explore this group’s COVID-19 vaccine attitudes, and facilitators and barriers impacting vaccine uptake. 2SLGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness in the Greater Toronto Area were recruited to participate in online surveys assessing demographic characteristics, mental health, health service use, and COVID-19 vaccine attitudes. Descriptive statistics and statistical tests were used to analyze survey data to explore variables associated with vaccine confidence. Additionally, a select group of youth and frontline workers from youth serving organizations were invited to participate in online one-on-one interviews. An iterative thematic content approach was used to analyze interview data. Quantitative and qualitative data were merged for interpretation by use of a convergent parallel analytical design.
AUTHOR(S) Catherine Raymonda; Jessie Provenchera; Alexe Bilodeau-Houle (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Nicholas Chadi; Natalie Castellanos Ryan; Marie-Claude Geoffroy
AUTHOR(S) Sarah Ciotti; Shannon A. Moore; Maureen Connolly (et al.)
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