Pre-pandemic psychological and behavioral predictors of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in nine countries

Jennifer E. Lansford, Ann T. Skinner, Jennifer Godwin, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A. Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Qin Liu, Qian Long, Paul Oburu, Concetta Pastorelli, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Sombat Tapanya, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M. Al-Hassan, Dario BacchiniMarc H. Bornstein

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Abstract

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, adolescents (N = 1,330; M ages = 15 and 16; 50% female), mothers, and fathers from nine countries (China, Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, United States) reported on adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems, adolescents completed a lab-based task to assess tendency for risk-taking, and adolescents reported on their well-being. During the pandemic, participants (M age = 20) reported on changes in their internalizing, externalizing, and substance use compared to before the pandemic. Across countries, adolescents' internalizing problems pre-pandemic predicted increased internalizing during the pandemic, and poorer well-being pre-pandemic predicted increased externalizing and substance use during the pandemic. Other relations varied across countries, and some were moderated by confidence in the government's handling of the pandemic, gender, and parents' education.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1203-1218
Number of pages16
JournalDevelopment and Psychopathology
Volume35
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2023

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • externalizing
  • internalizing
  • international
  • substance use

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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