1. The Impact of COVID‐19 on Adolescents’ Daily Lives: The Role of Parent–Child Relationship Quality
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Anu P. Hiekkaranta, Noëmi Hagemann, Aleksandra Lecei, Karlijn S. F. M. Hermans, Julie Janssens, Eva Bamps, Robin Achterhof, Olivia J. Kirtley, Inez Myin-Germeys, and Ginette Lafit
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Cultural Studies ,Empirical Articles ,Experience sampling method ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Adolescent ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Protective factor ,Irritability ,Special Section‐Issue ,Cohort Studies ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,Negatively associated ,COVID‐19 ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,medicine ,Humans ,Quality (business) ,Parent-Child Relations ,media_common ,SARS-CoV-2 ,COVID-19 ,Loneliness ,daily life ,Communicable Disease Control ,adolescence ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Cohort study ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
COVID-19 lockdown measures have profoundly impacted adolescent' daily life, with research suggesting an increase in irritability, stress, loneliness, and family conflict. A potential protective factor is parent-child relationship quality; however, no studies have investigated this. We used data from SIGMA, a longitudinal, experience sampling cohort study, in which N = 173 adolescents aged 11 to 20 were tested before and during COVID-19. Multilevel analyses showed decreased daily-life irritability and increased loneliness from pre- to mid-pandemic. Daily-life stress levels were unchanged. Relationship quality was negatively associated with irritability and loneliness and buffered against the increase in loneliness. Effect sizes were small and do not support a strong effect of the first lockdown on irritability, stress, loneliness, and family conflict in adolescents. ispartof: Journal Of Research On Adolescence vol:31 issue:3 pages:623-644 ispartof: location:United States status: published
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- 2021