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Anxiety and depressive symptoms among youth in Italy, Spain, and Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorOrgilés, Mireia
dc.contributor.authorAmorós-Reche, Víctor
dc.contributor.authorDelvecchio, Elisa
dc.contributor.authorFrancisco, Rita
dc.contributor.authorMazzeschi, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorGodinho, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorPedro, Marta
dc.contributor.authorEspada, Jose P.
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Alexandra
dc.contributor.institutionCentro de Investigação em Saúde Pública (CISP/PHRC)
dc.contributor.institutionComprehensive Health Research Centre (CHRC) - Pólo ENSP
dc.contributor.institutionEscola Nacional de Saúde Pública (ENSP)
dc.contributor.pblCambridge University Press
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-06T21:16:45Z
dc.date.available2025-06-06T21:16:45Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © The Author(s), 2025.
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the population's lives. Stressful conditions during the lockdown and the reintroduction to a changed social environment emotionally affected children and adolescents. The aim of this work was to study anxiety and depressive symptoms in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese children and adolescents aged 3 to 18 years at different moments of the COVID-19 pandemic: April 2020 (during confinement), September 2020 (with the schools' reopening), and September 2023 (with the situation restored). Parents of 1,097 children participated in at least one assessment, completing measures of child emotional symptoms online. Cases with subclinical symptoms of anxiety and depression were higher compared to pre-pandemic studies. Overall, anxiety increased from April 2020 to September 2020, decreasing in September 2023 with no differences compared to the first assessment. Depression was high in April 2020 but decreased in September 2020, with no significant differences three years later, in September 2023. Cross-country comparisons at each point are discussed. Moreover, boys showed higher levels of depression during the pandemic compared to girls. Older children, compared to younger ones, had more anxiety and depressive symptoms throughout all the moments. These findings highlight the emotional impact of the pandemic and its conditions on children and adolescents.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versioninpress
dc.format.extent499290
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0954579425000136
dc.identifier.issn0954-5794
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 118021615
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: bd5eec3f-4825-4466-a756-62cecdc0e067
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 105004599221
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 001480113500001
dc.identifier.otherPubMed: 40314113
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/183974
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105004599221
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectconfinement
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjectyouths
dc.subjectDevelopmental and Educational Psychology
dc.subjectPsychiatry and Mental health
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titleAnxiety and depressive symptoms among youth in Italy, Spain, and Portugalen
dc.title.subtitlea three-year post-pandemic studyen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.titleDevelopment and Psychopathology
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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