Factors Influencing Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Depin Cao¹  Li Sun¹  Jiarui Li¹  Jiarun Yang¹  Xiuxian Yang²  Xiaohui Qiu²  Yanjie Yang²  Haiyun Chu²  Siyuan Ke²  Tianyi Bu²  Wenbo Wang²  Zhengxue Qiao²  Wantong Wang²  Lu Zhao²  Jiawei Zhou²  Yini Wang³ 

[1] Department of Medical Education Management, School of Health Management of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China;Department of Medical Psychology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China;The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China;

关键词: COVID-19;    adolescents;    PTSS;    family factors;    home quarantine;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2022.892014

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

To investigate the prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSSs) and analyze the influencing factors of PTSS among adolescents in a large sample study during the COVID-19 pandemic, we did a cross-sectional study by collecting demographic data and mental health measurements from a large group of 175,318 adolescents in 32 Chinese provinces and autonomous regions, using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) that was used to measure the PTSS of the participants. The results showed that the prevalence of PTSS was 35.7% in Chinese adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that, for the personal risk factors, the older age, female gender, the personality domains of extroversion, the irregular sleep schedule, the lack of aerobic exercise, and the lack of peer support were associated with the higher levels of PTSS. The family subjective and objective factors were associated with higher levels of PTSS. Our findings suggested that family factors are the most important factors that affect Chinese adolescents' PTSS due to the longtime home quarantine.

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