Adolescents' Motivations to Engage in Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations With Mental and Social Health
Adolescents' Motivations to Engage in Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations With Mental and Social Health
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.05.004
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发表时间：
2020-08-01
影响因子：
7.6
通讯作者：
Shook, Natalie
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作者：
Oosterhoff, Benjamin;Palmer, Cara A.;Shook, Natalie
目的：在新冠疫情期间，为减少感染传播，人们被建议保持社交距离。对于青少年在多大程度上保持社交距离、其社交距离行为背后的动机是什么，以及这些动机与社交距离程度、心理健康和社会健康之间的关联，我们知之甚少。本研究使用来自美国各地的大量青少年样本，考察了青少年保持社交距离的动机、他们参与社交距离行为的情况，以及他们的心理和社会健康状况。
方法：数据收集于2020年3月29日和30日，即新冠疫情在美国被宣布为国家紧急状态两周后。样本包括通过社交媒体招募的683名青少年。一系列多元线性回归分析检验了青少年参与社交距离行为的动机、感知到的社交距离程度、焦虑症状、抑郁症状、累赘感和归属感之间的独特关联。
结果：几乎所有受访者（98.1%）都报告至少有一点社交距离行为。最常被报告的社交距离动机与社会责任以及不想让他人患病有关。与州或城市封锁、父母规定和社会责任有关的动机与更大程度的社交距离相关，而与别无选择有关的动机则与较小程度的社交距离相关。特定的社交距离动机与青少年的焦虑症状、抑郁症状、累赘感和归属感存在差异相关。
结论：了解青少年保持社交距离的动机可能有助于制定策略，以提高社交距离行为的参与度，减少病原体传播，并识别新冠疫情期间心理和社会健康方面的个体差异。（C）2020青少年健康与医学协会。保留所有权利。
Purpose: Reducing the spread of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic prompted recommendations for individuals to socially distance. Little is known about the extent to which youth are socially distancing, what motivations underlie their social distancing, and how these motivations are connected with amount of social distancing, mental health, and social health. Using a large sample of adolescents from across the United States, this study examined adolescents' motivations for social distancing, their engagement in social distancing, and their mental and social health.Methods: Data were collected on March 29th and 30th, 2020, two weeks after COVID-19 was declared a national emergency in the United States. The sample consisted of 683 adolescents recruited using social media. A series of multiple linear regressions examined unique associations among adolescents' motivations to engage in social distancing, perceived amount of social distancing, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, burdensomeness, and belongingness.Results: Almost all respondents (98.1%) reported engaging in at least a little social distancing. The most commonly reported motivations for social distancing concerned social responsibility and not wanting others to get sick. Motivations concerning state or city lockdowns, parental rules, and social responsibility were associated with greater social distancing, whereas motivations concerning no alternatives were associated with less social distancing. Specific motivations for social distancing were differentially associated with adolescents' anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, burdensomeness, and belongingness.Conclusions: Understanding adolescents' motivations to engage in social distancing may inform strategies to increase social distancing engagement, reduce pathogen transmission, and identify individual differences in mental and social health during the COVID-19 pandemic. (C) 2020 Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine. All rights reserved.