The Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Adolescent Emotional, Social, and Academic Adjustment

Susan Branje, Amanda Sheffield Morris

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a strong impact on adolescents worldwide. This special issue aimed to increase our understanding of the factors that explain interindividual differences in how adolescents are affected by the pandemic. The special issue includes 21 empirical articles from four continents on the role of the pandemic in changes in emotional, social, and academic adjustment during adolescence. The studies demonstrate that many adolescents experienced increased depressive symptoms, negative affect, and loneliness, and lower academic adjustment during the pandemic, particularly those that were already at risk before the pandemic. At the same time, many adolescents had individual, family, and community resources that made them resilient and helped them to continue to function well despite the adverse circumstances.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)486-499
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Research on Adolescence
Volume31
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
For Susan Branje, work on this paper was supported by a grant of the European Research Council (ERC‐2017‐CoG – 773023 INTRANSITION). For Amanda Morris, work on this paper was supported by the National Institute for General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health [P20GM109097] and a U01 from the National Institutes of Health [5U01DA050989].

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Research on Adolescence published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research on Adolescence

Keywords

  • adolescence
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • adjustment
  • resilience

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