Socioeconomic hardship, uncertainty about the future, and adolescent mental wellbeing over a year during the COVID-19 pandemic_Dataset

Dataset for the paper 'Socioeconomic hardship, uncertainty about the future, and adolescent mental wellbeing over a year during the COVID-19 pandemic'.  

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Abstract:  Socioeconomic vulnerabilities put adolescents at risk for mental wellbeing issues, also in times of a pandemic. In the present longitudinal online survey study, we explored changes in mental wellbeing (i.e., mood and life satisfaction) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, we examined how socioeconomic hardship in online home schooling predicted adolescents’ mental wellbeing 1 year later. Third, we tested whether this relation was mediated by feelings of uncertainty about the future. Fourth, we tested whether this relation was moderated (in terms of a protective factor) by self-efficacy. In total, 177 Dutch-speaking adolescents aged 10–18 years (Mage = 15.64, SDage = 1.72, 79% females) participated in all three 6-month separated waves (T1 = May 2020, T2 = November 2020, and T3 = May 2021). Mood results demonstrated that feelings of vigor decreased between T1 and T2, and feelings of tension and depression increased between T1, T2, and T3. Socioeconomic hardship in online home schooling in the early phase of the pandemic was negatively associated with both baseline mental wellbeing and 1 year later. Socioeconomic hardship at T1 predicted higher feelings of future uncertainty at T2, and higher levels of future uncertainty were associated with lower feelings of vigor, and higher feelings of tension and depression at T3. However, we found no evidence for mediation or moderation effects. In conclusion, the present findings illustrate the complexity of disentangling the adverse effects of socioeconomic hardship on adolescent mental wellbeing.

《COVID-19大流行期间一年内社会经济困难、对未来不确定性的认知与青少年心理健康》数据集。请作者（[e-mail]）联系以获取数据请求。原因：本数据集为持续进行的纵向研究的一部分。

摘要：社会经济脆弱性使青少年在流行病时期也面临心理健康问题的风险。在本项纵向在线调查研究中，我们探讨了COVID-19大流行期间心理健康（即情绪和生活满意度）的变化。其次，我们考察了在线远程教育阶段的社会经济困难如何预测一年后青少年的心理健康。第三，我们测试了这种关系是否由对未来不确定性的感受所中介。第四，我们测试了这种关系是否由自我效能感所调节（作为保护因素）。总计，177名10至18岁的荷兰语青少年（平均年龄Mage = 15.64，标准差SDage = 1.72，79%为女性）参与了所有三个相隔6个月的波次（T1 = 2020年5月，T2 = 2020年11月，T3 = 2021年5月）。情绪结果显示，活力感在T1和T2之间下降，而紧张感和抑郁感在T1、T2和T3之间增加。大流行早期在线远程教育中的社会经济困难与基线心理健康和一年后的心理健康均呈负相关。T1的社会经济困难预测了T2时对未来不确定性的更高感受，而更高的未来不确定性水平与T3时较低的活力感、较高的紧张感和抑郁感相关。然而，我们没有发现中介或调节效应的证据。总之，本研究的发现描绘了社会经济困难对青少年心理健康不良影响的复杂性。