Diane C Berry, Robert McMurray, Todd A Schwartz, Anne Skelly, Maria Sanchez, Madeline Neal, Gail Hall
Rationale, design, methodology and sample characteristics for the family partners for health study: a cluster randomized controlled study
BMC public health
covid19 pandemic shown varying effects adolescents mental health psychosocial functioning risk behaviours victimisation study aims examine changes reported sample swedish adolescents n 1607 end first year pandemic relation factors data collected electronic survey september 2020 february 2021 targeting uppersecondary high school students aged 1519 years results indicate relatively low overall impact pandemic swedish uppersecondary school students notable gender differences compared adolescent women higher percentage adolescent men reported experiencing elevated levels anxiety depression sleep disturbances anger increased illicit drug use consequences pandemic contrast women demonstrated increase several salutogenic behaviours victimisation rates generally decreased period findings underscore importance heightened awareness among professionals within schools social services healthcare settings regarding distinct challenges encountered larger portion adolescent men covid19 pandemic sweden