Changes in family and school environment during the Covid-19 pandemic and their relationship with changes in psychological distress and loneliness among Norwegian adolescents: The HUNT study

IF 3.6 2区医学 Q1 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Ssm-Population Health Pub Date : 2025-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101767

Bodil Elisabeth Valstad Aasan , Monica Lillefjell , Věra Skalická , Steinar Krokstad , Kirsti Kvaløy , Erik R. Sund

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In this follow-up study, we investigated how levels of psychological distress, loneliness, family cohesion, teacher support, and peer support changed from before to during the Covid-19 pandemic among Norwegian adolescents (ages 13–19), and whether these changes were predicted by parental education. Additionally, we investigated whether changes in family cohesion, teacher support, and peer support were associated with changes in psychological distress and loneliness, and whether these change-to-change associations were moderated by parental education. Data from the Young-HUNT4 (2017–2019, T1) and Young-HUNT COVID (May–June 2021, T2) surveys were used, in which 1565 adolescents participated in both (response rate = 45%). We specified univariate and multivariate two-wave latent change score models to investigate the aims of this study. Results indicated that levels of psychological distress, loneliness, family cohesion, teacher support, and peer support worsened from T1 to T2. None of these changes were significantly predicted by parental level of education. Deteriorations in family cohesion, teacher support, and peer support were weakly related to increases in psychological distress (β = 0.17, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.11 to 0.23; β = 0.10, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.16; β = 0.09, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.15), and loneliness (β = 0.10, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.15; β = 0.08, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.13; β = 0.12, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.18). Although largely similar, deteriorations in family cohesion were somewhat more strongly associated with increases in psychological distress among adolescents with parents of lower levels of education.

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新冠肺炎大流行期间家庭和学校环境的变化及其与挪威青少年心理困扰和孤独感变化的关系：HUNT研究

在这项后续研究中，我们调查了挪威青少年（13-19岁）的心理困扰、孤独、家庭凝聚力、教师支持和同伴支持水平在Covid-19大流行之前和期间的变化，以及这些变化是否可以通过父母教育来预测。此外，我们还调查了家庭凝聚力、教师支持和同伴支持的变化是否与心理困扰和孤独感的变化有关，以及这些变化与变化之间的联系是否受到父母教育的调节。使用了Young-HUNT4（2017-2019年，T1）和Young-HUNT COVID（2021年5月- 6月，T2）调查的数据，其中1565名青少年参与了这两项调查（回复率= 45%）。我们指定了单变量和多变量两波潜在变化评分模型来探讨本研究的目的。结果表明，心理困扰、孤独感、家庭凝聚力、教师支持和同伴支持水平在T1至T2期间呈下降趋势。这些变化都与父母的教育水平无关。家庭凝聚力、教师支持和同伴支持的恶化与心理困扰的增加呈弱相关(β = 0.17, 95%可信区间（CI） 0.11 ~ 0.23；β = 0.10, 95% CI 0.04 ~ 0.16；β = 0.09, 95% CI 0.02 ~ 0.15)和孤独感(β = 0.10, 95% CI 0.05 ~ 0.15；β = 0.08, 95% CI 0.02 ~ 0.13；β = 0.12, 95% CI 0.06 ~ 0.18)。虽然在很大程度上相似，但在父母受教育程度较低的青少年中，家庭凝聚力的恶化与心理困扰的增加有更强的联系。

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Ssm-Population Health PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

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6.50

自引率

2.10%

发文量

298

审稿时长

101 days

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