Loneliness, internalizing symptoms, and inflammatory markers in adolescent COVID-19 survivors.

Elif Akçay Esra Çöp Gülser Senses Dinç Zeynep Göker Aslinur Özkaya Parlakay Betül Damla Demirel Müge Mutlu Begüm Kırmızı

Published in: Child: care, health and development (2022)

This study indicates that anxiety, loneliness, and parental anxiety play an important role in adolescents' experience of depressive symptoms after COVID-19 infection. Thus, screening parental psychopathology and loneliness in COVID-19 survivors seems to be preventive for adolescent mental health problems.

Keyphrases

mental health
young adults
social support
depressive symptoms
sleep quality
coronavirus disease
sars cov
mental illness
childhood cancer
physical activity