@article{ref1,
title="Adolescent feelings on COVID-19 distance learning support: associations with mental health, social-emotional health, substance use, and delinquency",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="2023",
author="Kwaning, Karen and Ullah, Ayman and Biely, Christopher and Jackson, Nicholas and Dosanjh, Kulwant K. and Galvez, Arzie and Arellano, Guadalupe and Dudovitz, Rebecca",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PURPOSE: School social support is associated with improved adolescent wellbeing. However, positive school relationships were potentially disrupted when schools transitioned to distance learning in 2020 to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This study investigated associations among perceived distance learning school support, mental health, social-emotional wellbeing, substance use, and delinquency among low-income, public high school students. <br><br>METHODS: We analyzed longitudinal survey data, collected between June 2020 and June 2021, from 372 students attending five large urban public high schools. Mixed-effects regression models examined associations among changes in distance learning support and changes in mental health, social-emotional wellbeing, substance use, and delinquency, controlling for time, social-demographics, and baseline health. <br><br>RESULTS: In this predominantly Latinx (83%) sample, within-person increases in perceived distance learning support were associated with improved mental health, increased grit, increased self-efficacy, and decreased stress. Between-person differences in distance learning support indicated that students reporting greater support had improved mental and social-emotional outcomes. Although there were no within-person associations among distance learning support and hopelessness or delinquency, students with greater distance learning support (between-person) had lower levels of hopelessness and lower odds of engaging in any delinquent behavior. There were no associations between distance learning support and 30-day substance use. <br><br>DISCUSSION: School social support, even without students physically on campus, may be critical to adolescent health behaviors and social-emotional outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.12.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.12.005"
}