Teens @ Home During COVID-19

In collaboration with Dr. Stephanie Craig (University of Guelph), we asked Canadian teens to complete this confidential online survey on the impact of COVID-19 and the anti-racism movement on teen mental health. 

Our study included two groups of youth participants. The first group was a cross-sectional sample of 809 youth and 500 parents who completed a survey during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic (June–July 2020). The second group took part in a longitudinal study, completing online surveys three times over the course of a year (2020–2021). Every six months, they answered questions about their mental health, relationships with caregivers and mentors, and other health behaviours. Findings from this research are still being published and continue to provide valuable insights. 

This work was supported by an internal University of Victoria Faculty of Social Sciences COVID-19 Research Fund (PI: Ames) and a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant (PI: Craig). 

 

Publications and Reports

Adherence to and motivations for complying with public health measures among adolescents during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Canada.
Reciprocal associations between physical activity, self-concept, somatic symptoms, and depression from adolescence to young adulthood: Disaggregating within- and between-person effects.
Canadian adolescents’ mental health and substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Associations with COVID-19 stressors.
Roles of family stress, maltreatment, and affect regulation difficulties on adolescent mental health during COVID-19.
Deliberate self-harm in adolescents during COVID-19: The roles of pandemic-related stress, emotion regulation difficulties, and social distancing.
Prevalence and Correlates of Suicidal Ideation and Deliberate Self-harm in Canadian Adolescents During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic