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Russian adolescent mental health in 2002, 2015 and during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. / Slobodskaya, Helena R.; Safronova, Margarita V.; Kharchenko, Irina I. et al.
In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol. 28, No. 1, 02.2023, p. 158-166.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Russian adolescent mental health in 2002, 2015 and during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021
AU - Slobodskaya, Helena R.
AU - Safronova, Margarita V.
AU - Kharchenko, Irina I.
AU - Rezun, Ekaterina V.
AU - Kornienko, Olga S.
N1 - Funding Information: This research was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant # 21‐15‐00033. The authors are grateful to Prof. Andre Sourander, the organiser of the Eurasian Child & Adolescent Mental Health Study group, to Tatiana O. Rippinen and colleagues for their help and to all the participants of the study. H.R.S. had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. All authors contributed to the general study conception and design, acquisition and interpretation of data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. The authors have declared that they have no competing or potential conflicts of interest. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. © 2022 Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Background: Adolescent mental health is a global concern, however, time trends and the COVID-19-related restrictions vary across countries. This study examined changes in adolescent mental health and substance use in Russia between 2002, 2015 and during the pandemic in 2021. Methods: Cross-sectional school-based surveys of 12- to 18-year-olds were carried out in a Siberian city in 2002 (N = 713), 2015 (N = 840) and 2021 (N = 721) using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, data on tobacco, alcohol and drug use and socio-demographic information. We examined the effect of cohort, gender, family composition and parental occupation on mental health and substance use. Results: There were increases in emotional symptoms and internalising problems (B = 0.93, p <.001) and decreases in substance use over 19 years (B = -.73, p <.001). Changes in adolescent mental health and substance use were substantial from 2002 to 2015 and nonsignificant from 2015 to 2021. Increases in mental health problems were evident only among girls; a decrease in alcohol use was larger among boys. Family composition and parental occupation did not account for these changes. Conclusions: These results suggest that the mental health of Russian adolescent girls has worsened in the 21st century; the gender gap in mental health has widened; the gender gap in alcohol use was reversed in 2021. The findings highlight the need for research into gender-specific factors and for effective interventions. The lack of changes in Russian adolescent mental health and substance use from 2015 to during the pandemic in 2021 suggests successful coping; however, more research is needed.
AB - Background: Adolescent mental health is a global concern, however, time trends and the COVID-19-related restrictions vary across countries. This study examined changes in adolescent mental health and substance use in Russia between 2002, 2015 and during the pandemic in 2021. Methods: Cross-sectional school-based surveys of 12- to 18-year-olds were carried out in a Siberian city in 2002 (N = 713), 2015 (N = 840) and 2021 (N = 721) using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, data on tobacco, alcohol and drug use and socio-demographic information. We examined the effect of cohort, gender, family composition and parental occupation on mental health and substance use. Results: There were increases in emotional symptoms and internalising problems (B = 0.93, p <.001) and decreases in substance use over 19 years (B = -.73, p <.001). Changes in adolescent mental health and substance use were substantial from 2002 to 2015 and nonsignificant from 2015 to 2021. Increases in mental health problems were evident only among girls; a decrease in alcohol use was larger among boys. Family composition and parental occupation did not account for these changes. Conclusions: These results suggest that the mental health of Russian adolescent girls has worsened in the 21st century; the gender gap in mental health has widened; the gender gap in alcohol use was reversed in 2021. The findings highlight the need for research into gender-specific factors and for effective interventions. The lack of changes in Russian adolescent mental health and substance use from 2015 to during the pandemic in 2021 suggests successful coping; however, more research is needed.
KW - adolescents
KW - gender difference
KW - Mental health
KW - prosocial behaviour
KW - substance use
KW - Pandemics
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Mental Health
KW - Substance-Related Disorders/epidemiology
KW - COVID-19
KW - Adolescent
KW - Female
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U2 - 10.1111/camh.12591
DO - 10.1111/camh.12591
M3 - Article
C2 - 35883208
AN - SCOPUS:85134759531
VL - 28
SP - 158
EP - 166
JO - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
JF - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
SN - 1475-357X
IS - 1
ER -
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