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Adolescents’ Motivations to Engage in Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations with Mental and Social Health — Europe PMC PPR:PPR330627

Source: Europe PMC
Original: https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR330627
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/jd2kq
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Adolescents’ Motivations to Engage in Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations with Mental and Social Health — Europe PMC PPR:PPR330627 — Europe PMC, https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR330627 (CC0-1.0); archived copy: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_c19d211872d2 (Metraipolis archive dc_c19d211872d2, sha256 d56c26be64780e3f5c5c184d8e732e8078e8e180c71e968f821d7b2f1852b73d)

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@misc{dcc19d211872d2,
  title = {Adolescents’ Motivations to Engage in Social Distancing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations with Mental and Social Health — Europe PMC PPR:PPR330627},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR330627},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_c19d211872d2; sha256 d56c26be64780e3f5c5c184d8e732e8078e8e180c71e968f821d7b2f1852b73d},
  year = {2026}
}

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Purpose: Reducing the spread of infectious disease during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic prompted recommendations for individuals to limit physical contact with others and engage in social distancing. Less is known about why youth are engaging in social distancing and how these motivations are connected with their engagement, 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 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, social distancing behaviors, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, burdensomeness, and belongingness. Results:: 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. Engagement in social distancing was not significantly associated with adolescents’ mental or social health. However, 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 help inform strategies to increase social distancing engagement, reduce pathogen transmission, and improve mental and social health during pandemics.

Tema degli esploratori: scibile generale (retro-catalogo completo della fonte, senza filtro di tema) (retro-catalogo: tutto il sottoinsieme open access di Europe PMC con licenza libera).
Pubblicazione: PsyArXiv, 2020 (prima pubblicazione 2020-04-06).
Identificativi: DOI 10.31234/osf.io/jd2kq.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/PPR/PPR330627 — https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jd2kq. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
Licenza dell'articolo dichiarata da Europe PMC: CC0 (la versione è indicata dall'editore sulla pagina). Abstract riportato senza modifiche al contenuto, con attribuzione; deposito marcato CC0.
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