Mental Health, Quality of Life and Coping Strategies in Vulnerable Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Psicothema Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI:10.7334/psicothema2021.467

Laura Vallejo-Slocker, J. Sanz, M. P. García-Vera, J. Fresneda, M. Vallejo

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Abstract

BACKGROUND The coronavirus pandemic has led to a situation without precedent in modern history. The aim of this study is to analyse the consequences after one year of the pandemic on a group of children and adolescents assessed at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 and to determine the most effective ways of psychologically coping with this pandemic. METHOD Two different, but equivalent, groups with a total of 604 (study I, 2020) and 743 (study II, 2021) children and adolescents in residential care, foster families, kinship families or family strengthening programs in Spain were evaluated using the SDQ (mental health measure), KIDSCREEN-10 index (quality of life measure) and Kidcope (coping behaviour measure). An independent sample t-test and a decision tree analysis were used. RESULTS The mental health of children and adolescents decreased by 9.7%, and Self-Perceived quality of life did not change after one year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonactive coping strategies predicted worse mental health and worse quality of life. Problem solving served as a protective factor. CONCLUSION One year after, the COVID-19 pandemic has an effect on the psychological wellbeing of children and adolescents, and the consequences can be reduced if proper coping strategies are used.

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新冠肺炎大流行期间弱势儿童的心理健康、生活质量和应对策略。

冠状病毒大流行导致了现代历史上前所未有的局面。本研究的目的是分析大流行一年后对2020年大流行开始时评估的一组儿童和青少年的影响，并确定心理上应对这一大流行的最有效方法。方法采用SDQ(心理健康测量)、KIDSCREEN-10指数(生活质量测量)和Kidcope(应对行为测量)对西班牙住院护理、寄养家庭、亲属家庭或家庭强化项目中的604名儿童和青少年(研究I, 2020年)和743名(研究II, 2021年)两个不同但相同的组进行评估。采用独立样本t检验和决策树分析。结果新冠肺炎大流行1年后，儿童和青少年的心理健康状况下降了9.7%，自我感知生活质量没有变化。不积极的应对策略预示着更差的心理健康和更差的生活质量。解决问题是一种保护因素。结论2019冠状病毒病大流行一年后，对儿童青少年的心理健康产生了影响，如果采取适当的应对策略，可以减轻这种影响。

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Psicothema PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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6.50

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16.70%

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24 weeks

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