Adolescent Distress: Is There a Vaccine? Social and Cultural Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Francesco Demaria; Stefano Vicari

doi:10.3390/ijerph20031819

Adolescent Distress: Is There a Vaccine? Social and Cultural Considerations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jan 19;20(3):1819. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20031819.

Authors

Francesco Demaria¹, Stefano Vicari^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Viale Ferdinando Baldelli 41, 00146 Rome, Italy.
² Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Catholic University, 00168 Rome, Italy.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented impact on mental health. In particular, the impact on adolescents was likely significant due to vulnerability factors linked to this developmental stage and pre-existing conditions of hardship. The present work aimed at grasping the particular effects of the pandemic on social and cultural aspects of adolescence, providing a cross-sectional picture of this historical moment of contemporary youth culture. Further research is needed to verify the findings.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; adolescent distress; social and cultural changes; vaccine.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Mental Health
Pandemics / prevention & control
Vaccines*

Substances

Vaccines

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.