COVID-19 Stressors and Latinx Adolescents' Mental Health Symptomology and School Performance: A Prospective Study

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COVID-19 Stressors and Latinx Adolescents' Mental Health Symptomology and School Performance: A Prospective Study

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Published on April 6, 2022

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doi: 10.1007/s10964-022-01603-7.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Prevention & Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20052, USA. kroche@gwu.edu.
² Department of Prevention & Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20052, USA.
³ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership and Counseling, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
⁵ Optentia Research Focus Area, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.

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Kathleen M Roche et al.

J Youth Adolesc.

2022.

doi: 10.1007/s10964-022-01603-7.

Online ahead of print.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Prevention & Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20052, USA. kroche@gwu.edu.
² Department of Prevention & Community Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, 950 New Hampshire Ave, Suite 300, Washington, DC, 20052, USA.
³ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
⁴ Department of Educational Psychology, Leadership and Counseling, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
⁵ Optentia Research Focus Area, North-West University, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.

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Abstract

This study addressed the need for research examining impacts of the Coronavirus-19 (COVID) pandemic on Latinx adolescents’ adjustment. Survey data for a probability sample of 547 Latinx adolescents (M_age = 13.71, SD = 0.86; 55.2% female) were collected from 2018 to 2021, including two times both prior to, and during, COVID. Independent variables assessed COVID-related household hospitalization, job/income loss, and adolescents’ increased childcare responsibility. Structural Equation Model results indicated that COVID-related increases in adolescent childcare responsibility were associated with increased internalizing and externalizing symptoms and declines in school performance. COVID hospitalization and job/income loss were associated indirectly, through childcare responsibilities, to worse adolescent outcomes. Family adversities may harm adolescents’ adjustment by burdening adolescents with responsibilities such caring for children.

Keywords:

COVID-19; Internalizing and externalizing; Latinx adolescents; School performance; Stressors.

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