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Well-Being Perception during COVID-19 Pandemic in Healthy Adolescents: From the Avatar Study

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  • Francesca Mastorci

    (National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    The authors contributed equally.)

  • Luca Bastiani

    (National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology, 56124 Pisa, Italy
    The authors contributed equally.)

  • Gabriele Trivellini

    (National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Cristina Doveri

    (National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Anselmo Casu

    (National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Marta Pozzi

    (Department of Addictions, ASFO—Azienda Sanitaria Friuli Occidentale, 33072 Pordenone, Italy)

  • Irene Marinaro

    (National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Cristina Vassalle

    (Fondazione G. Monasterio, Regione Toscana, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

  • Alessandro Pingitore

    (National Research Council Institute of Clinical Physiology, 56124 Pisa, Italy)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic provided an extraordinary and naturalistic context to observe young people’s psychosocial profiles and to study how a condition of environmental deprivation and lack of direct social contact, affects the well-being and health status of adolescents. The study explored whether the COVID-19 outbreak changes, in the short term, the acute well-being perception in adolescents, as measured by a Personalized Well-Being Index (PWBI) and the four components affecting health (i.e., lifestyle habits, social context, emotional status, mental skills), in a sample of early adolescent students. Data from 10 schools were collected on 1019 adolescents (males 48.3%, mean age 12.53 ± 1.25 y). Measurements were obtained at two time points, in September/October 2019, (baseline condition, BC) as part of the “A new purpose for promotion and eVAluation of healTh and well-being Among healthy teenageRs” (AVATAR) project and during the Italian Lockdown Phase (mid–late April 2020, LP), with the same students using an online questionnaire. During COVID-19 quarantine, adolescents showed a lower PWBI ( p < 0.001) as compared to the BC. Considering the four health-related well-being components, lifestyle habits ( p < 0.001), social context ( p < 0.001), and emotional status ( p < 0.001), showed significantly lower values during LP than BC. However, mental skills, in LP, displayed a significant increase as compared to BC ( p < 0.001). In this study, we have provided data on the personalized well-being index and the different components affecting health in adolescents during the COVID-19 lockdown, showing a general decrease in well-being perception, expressed in lifestyle habits, social, and emotional components, demonstrating detrimental effects in the first phase of quarantine on adolescents’ psychosocial profiles. Our results shed new light on adolescence as a crucial period of risk behavior, especially when social support is lacking.

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  • Francesca Mastorci & Luca Bastiani & Gabriele Trivellini & Cristina Doveri & Anselmo Casu & Marta Pozzi & Irene Marinaro & Cristina Vassalle & Alessandro Pingitore, 2021. "Well-Being Perception during COVID-19 Pandemic in Healthy Adolescents: From the Avatar Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(12), pages 1-10, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:12:p:6388-:d:574122
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    1. Jung-In Yoo & Joung-Kyue Han & Hyun-Su Youn & Joo-Hyug Jung, 2021. "Comparison of Health Awareness in South Korean Middle School Students According to Type of Online Physical Education Classes during the COVID-19 Pandemic," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-10, July.
    2. Seung-Man Lee & Jung-In Yoo & Hyun-Su Youn, 2021. "Changes in Alienation in Physical Education Classes, School Happiness, and Expectations of a Future Healthy Life after the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korean Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-11, October.
    3. Nicola Di Fazio & Donato Morena & Giuseppe Delogu & Gianpietro Volonnino & Federico Manetti & Martina Padovano & Matteo Scopetti & Paola Frati & Vittorio Fineschi, 2022. "Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic Period in the European Population: An Institutional Challenge," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(15), pages 1-20, July.

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