Frontiers in Psychiatry (May 2022)

Factors Influencing Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Siyuan Ke,
  • Li Sun,
  • Jiawei Zhou,
  • Yini Wang,
  • Yini Wang,
  • Tianyi Bu,
  • Haiyun Chu,
  • Jiarun Yang,
  • Wenbo Wang,
  • Wantong Wang,
  • Jiarui Li,
  • Lu Zhao,
  • Zhengxue Qiao,
  • Xiaohui Qiu,
  • Xiuxian Yang,
  • Depin Cao,
  • Yanjie Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.892014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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To investigate the prevalence of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSSs) and analyze the influencing factors of PTSS among adolescents in a large sample study during the COVID-19 pandemic, we did a cross-sectional study by collecting demographic data and mental health measurements from a large group of 175,318 adolescents in 32 Chinese provinces and autonomous regions, using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) that was used to measure the PTSS of the participants. The results showed that the prevalence of PTSS was 35.7% in Chinese adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that, for the personal risk factors, the older age, female gender, the personality domains of extroversion, the irregular sleep schedule, the lack of aerobic exercise, and the lack of peer support were associated with the higher levels of PTSS. The family subjective and objective factors were associated with higher levels of PTSS. Our findings suggested that family factors are the most important factors that affect Chinese adolescents' PTSS due to the longtime home quarantine.

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