Adolescents' adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines during the COVID‐19 pandemic
Adolescents' adherence to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines during the COVID‐19 pandemic
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10.1111/cch.13012
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2022-04
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Isabella Clough;A. Drozdova;Caitlin Cavanagh;A. Thomas
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Isabella Clough;A. Drozdova;Caitlin Cavanagh;A. Thomas
摘要背景冠状病毒(新冠肺炎)在美国的大流行导致美国疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)制定了旨在遏制该病毒传播的安全指南。与成年人相比，青少年的心理社会成熟度较低，因此可能面临无视这些指导方针的风险。目前的研究考察了青少年的心理社会成熟度、对疾控中心指南的重要性的认识以及在一个受疫情影响特别严重的县(即德克萨斯州埃尔帕索的西班牙裔和低SES青年)感染新冠肺炎的一些最高风险群体中遵守疾控中心指南之间的关系。方法参与者完成了对一名研究助理的电话采访，了解他们在新冠肺炎大流行最初几个月的想法和行为。青少年(N=68)的平均年龄为15.38岁(SD=1.05，范围=13，17)，主要为男性(60.3%)，几乎全部为西班牙裔/拉丁裔(94.1%)。结果表明，尽管心理成熟的青少年比心理成熟的青少年对CDC指南的遵守程度更高，但心理社会成熟和遵守之间的联系完全受到青少年感到遵守指南的重要性的影响。具体地说，人们感觉到的重要性越大，就越能遵守指导方针。结论目前的研究发现，心理成熟的青少年比心理成熟的青少年更好地遵守CDC的安全指南，因为他们更有可能认为指南很重要。因此，试图提高青少年遵守指南的信息不仅应该强调遵循指南是重要的，而且应该强调为什么遵守指南如此重要。心理成熟程度较低的青少年可能会从干预努力和关于遵循疾病预防控制中心指南的重要性的有针对性的信息中受益最大，因为更多的心理成熟青少年已经认识到这一重要性。
Abstract Background The outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID‐19) pandemic in the United States resulted in safety guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intended to curb the spread of the virus. Adolescents are potentially at risk for disregarding these guidelines due to their reduced psychosocial maturity compared with adults. The current study examined the relationship between adolescents' psychosocial maturity, perceived importance of the CDC guidelines and adherence to the CDC guidelines within some of the highest risk groups for contracting COVID‐19 in a county particularly impacted by the pandemic (i.e., Hispanic and low‐SES youth in El Paso, Texas). Methods Participants completed a phone interview with a research assistant regarding their thoughts and behaviours in the initial months of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Adolescents (N = 68) were 15.38 years old on average (SD = 1.05, range = 13, 17), predominantly male (60.3%) and nearly exclusively Hispanic/Latino (94.1%). Results Results indicated that although more psychosocially mature adolescents reported greater adherence to the CDC guidelines than less psychosocially mature adolescents, the association between psychosocial maturity and adherence was fully mediated by how important adolescents felt it was to follow the guidelines. Specifically, greater perceived importance was associated with greater adherence to the guidelines. Conclusions The current study found that more psychosocially mature adolescents adhere to CDC's safety guidelines better than less psychosocially mature adolescents because they are more likely to view the guidelines as important. Information that attempts to increase adolescent adherence to the guidelines should therefore emphasize not only that following the guidelines is important, but why following the guidelines is so important. Less psychosocially mature adolescents may benefit most from interventions efforts and targeted messages regarding the importance of following the CDC's guidelines, as more psychosocially mature adolescents already recognize this importance.