PreprintArticleVersion 1This version is not peer-reviewed
How Distressed Are Adolescent Students? A Mix-Method Study on High School Students in Northern Italy, Two Years after the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Version 1
: Received: 18 July 2024 / Approved: 18 July 2024 / Online: 19 July 2024 (11:04:30 CEST)
How to cite:
Della Vedova, A. M.; Covolo, L.; Fiammenghi, C.; Marconi, S.; Gelatti, U.; Castellano, M.; Zanini, B. How Distressed Are Adolescent Students? A Mix-Method Study on High School Students in Northern Italy, Two Years after the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints2024, 2024071571. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1571.v1
Della Vedova, A. M.; Covolo, L.; Fiammenghi, C.; Marconi, S.; Gelatti, U.; Castellano, M.; Zanini, B. How Distressed Are Adolescent Students? A Mix-Method Study on High School Students in Northern Italy, Two Years after the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints 2024, 2024071571. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1571.v1
Della Vedova, A. M.; Covolo, L.; Fiammenghi, C.; Marconi, S.; Gelatti, U.; Castellano, M.; Zanini, B. How Distressed Are Adolescent Students? A Mix-Method Study on High School Students in Northern Italy, Two Years after the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints2024, 2024071571. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1571.v1
APA Style
Della Vedova, A. M., Covolo, L., Fiammenghi, C., Marconi, S., Gelatti, U., Castellano, M., & Zanini, B. (2024). How Distressed Are Adolescent Students? A Mix-Method Study on High School Students in Northern Italy, Two Years after the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1571.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Della Vedova, A. M., Maurizio Castellano and Barbara Zanini. 2024 "How Distressed Are Adolescent Students? A Mix-Method Study on High School Students in Northern Italy, Two Years after the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202407.1571.v1
Abstract
Adolescence is a central phase for the development of a person’s identity involving complex multidimensional changes and increasing vulnerability to distress. The aim of this study was to investigate the psychological well-being of adolescent students in Brescia (Northern Italy), two years after the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. An online survey investigated the extent and the reasons reported by high school students for their emotional distress (ED), also considering other factors such as physical activity, diet, sleep and smartphone overuse. The main reasons for ED were classified through a qualitative analysis of the freetext answers. 1686 students agreed to participate, 50% showed a presence of ED. According to a multiple logistic analysis, the main factors associated to ED were female gender (AdjOR 2.3, p<0.0001), age (AdjOR 1.6, p<0.0001), sleep duration <8 hours (AdjOR 1.5, p=0.0003), anxiety perception (AdjOR 3.4, p<0.0001), and certain eating behaviors, e.g. comfort food consumption (AdjOR 2.0, p<0.0001). According to free-text answers, the main reasons for ED were: “school pressure”, “ relationships with family and peers”, “negative emotional states” and “the pandemic”. The results show a high level of ED among adolescents and the reported reasons may help to better address their psychological needs after the pandemic.
Keywords
study engagement; adolescents; school; youths; stress; eating behaviors; smartphone overuse
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
