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- Title
The impact of COVID-19 on U.S. adolescents: loss of basic needs and engagement in health risk behaviors.
- Authors
Shroff, Akash; Fassler, Julia; Fox, Kathryn R.; Schleider, Jessica L.
- Abstract
Across the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic created myriad challenges for youth and families, including losses of basic needs which may be associated with increased use of maladaptive coping behaviors. In a sample of 2491 U.S. youth (ages 13–16), demographic differences in loss of basic needs and maladaptive coping were assessed using regression models. More than 21% of adolescents endorsed losing one or more basic needs (e.g., loss of access to food or shelter) and 83% endorsed use of maladaptive coping strategies (e.g., using drugs or alcohol; self-harming behaviors) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although adolescents with both majority and minority identities reported losing basic needs and engaging in maladaptive coping behaviors, minoritized youth reported more basic needs losses (ps < 0.05) and greater reliance on maladaptive coping strategies (ps <.05) than their non-minoritized peers. Furthermore, adolescents who endorsed losing basic needs were more likely to also endorse engaging in maladaptive coping behaviors (p <.05). Healthcare providers and teachers must consider basic need losses while structuring emotional and behavioral supports for youth during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BASIC needs; HEALTH behavior; COVID-19 pandemic; COVID-19; TEENAGERS; AT-risk behavior; DEMOGRAPHIC characteristics
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2024, Vol 43, Issue 13, p12023
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-021-02411-1