Christoph Pieh|Rachel Dale|Andrea Jesser|Thomas Probst|Paul L. Plener|Elke Humer
The Impact of Migration Status on Adolescents’ Mental Health during COVID-19
Universität für Weiterbildung Krems|Universität für Weiterbildung Krems|Universität für Weiterbildung Krems|Universität für Weiterbildung Krems|Medical University of Vienna|University of Ulm|Universität für Weiterbildung Krems
purpose study compare mental health adolescents without migration background semester remote schooling almost year social distancing austria online survey supported austrian federal ministry education science research conducted 3rd february 28th february 2021 measuring wellbeing who5 depression phq9 anxiety gad7 sleep quality isi stress pss10 disordered eating eat8 matchedpairs analysis without migration background conducted checked whole sample analysis total 3052 participants n 508 migration background first second generation n 479 could matched according age gender region education adolescents without migration background matchedpairs analyses showed migration background associated poorer mental health concerning wellbeing depression anxiety insomnia scores pvalues 005 prevalence depressive symptoms 645 vs 565 anxiety symptoms 535 vs 460 well insomnia 319 vs 210 higher adolescents migration background pvalues 002 comparison whole sample n 3052 confirmed results results suggest migration status risk factor mental health problems among adolescents covid19 pandemic highlight need implement easily accessible culture languagespecific health promotion prevention strategies