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Seelische Gesundheit und psychische Belastungen von Kindern und Jugendlichen in der ersten Welle der COVID-19-Pandemie – Ergebnisse der COPSY-Studie

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Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike, Kaman, Anne, Otto, Christiane, Adedeji, Adekunle, Napp, Ann-Kathrin, Becker, Marcia, Blanck-Stellmacher, Ulrike, Löffler, Constanze +5 more·2021·Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

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Zusammenfassung: Hintergrund: Die mit der COVID-19-Pandemie einhergehenden Veränderungen und Kontaktbeschränkungen können das psychische Wohlbefinden von Kindern und Jugendlichen beeinflussen. Ziel der Arbeit: COPSY ist die erste deutschlandweite repräsentative Studie, welche die psychische Gesundheit und Lebensqualität von Kindern und Jugendlichen während der Pandemie untersucht. Die Ergebnisse werden mit denen der repräsentativen longitudinalen BELLA-Studie aus der Zeit vor der Pandemie verglichen. Material und Methoden: Vom 26.05. bis zum 10.06.2020 wurden n = 1586 Eltern mit 7‑ bis 17-jährigen Kindern und Jugendlichen, von denen n = 1040 11- bis 17-Jährige auch Selbstangaben machten, befragt. Dabei wurden international etablierte Instrumente zur Erfassung von gesundheitsbezogener Lebensqualität, psychischen Auffälligkeiten, Ängstlichkeit und depressiven Symptomen eingesetzt. Die Daten wurden mittels deskriptiver Statistiken und bivariater Tests ausgewertet. Ergebnisse: 71 % der Kinder und Jugendlichen und 75 % der Eltern fühlten sich durch die erste Welle der Pandemie belastet. Im Vergleich zu der Zeit vor der Pandemie gaben die Kinder und Jugendlichen eine geminderte Lebensqualität an, der Anteil von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit psychischen Auffälligkeiten hat sich in etwa verdoppelt und ihr Gesundheitsverhalten hat sich verschlechtert. Sozial benachteiligte Kinder erlebten die Belastungen durch die Pandemie besonders stark. Zwei Drittel der Eltern wünschten sich Unterstützung im Umgang mit ihrem Kind. Diskussion: Die COVID-19-Pandemie führt zu einer psychischen Gesundheitsgefährdung der Kinder und Jugendlichen, auf die präventiv mit niedrigschwelligen und zielgruppenspezifischen Angeboten in der Schule, in der ärztlichen Praxis und in der Gesellschaft im Sinne des Kinderschutzes reagiert werden sollte.

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  • Socially restrictive measures, quarantines and lockdowns have been associated with reduced social interaction and increased loneliness that may lead to a rise in mental health problems such as symptoms of depression and anxiety.

    “Socially restrictive measures, quarantines and lockdowns have been associated with reduced social interaction and increased loneliness that may lead to a rise in mental health problems such as symptoms of depression and anxiety.”

    From A Longitudinal Study of Loneliness Before the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Trajectories, Predictors, and Impact on Chinese Adolescent Mental Health (2024) · cites this paper as [9]

    The Introduction (page unavailable) says quarantine and contact restrictions limited children’s contact with friends and relatives, and reports studies linking lockdowns with loneliness, anxiety and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. The Discussion (page unavailable) suggests that prolonged loss of social contact may contribute to later depression. The claim omits the source’s child-and-adolescent scope and presents loneliness as a pathway to depression and anxiety, which the paper does not establish. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • In Germany, the number of mental health problems has demonstrably increased.

    “In Germany, the number of mental health problems has demonstrably increased”

    From “So That You Can Feel Well”: Perspectives of Students with Social, Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties on Factors that Support School Attendance (2025) · cites this paper as Ravens-Sieberer et al., 2021

    The Results section reports that mental health problems among children and adolescents in Germany rose from 17.6% before the COVID-19 pandemic to 30.4% during its first wave. The claim omits that age group and timeframe, making it broader than the finding the paper supports. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Ravens-Sieberer, U., Kaman, A., Otto, C., Adedeji, A., Napp, A.-K., Becker, M., Blanck-Stellmacher, U., Löffler, C., Schlack, R., Hölling, H., Devine, J., Erhart, M., & Hurrelmann, K.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
  • Robert Koch Institute (DE)
  • Alice-Salomon-Hochschule Berlin (DE)
  • Hertie School (DE)
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Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
Published
2021-03-01
Volume
64
Issue
12
Pages
1512-1521
ISSN
  • 0007-5914 (ISSN-L)
  • 1436-9990
  • 1437-1588
OpenAlex
W3135225560
Cited by
227
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 33 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 69 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 2
FWCI
31.53
Type
journal article
Language
de
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  • Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • OPUS 4 (Zuse Institute Berlin) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, children and adolescents, mental health, psychological distress, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life, health behavior, parental burden, social deprivation, parental support needs, mental health promotion
MeSH terms
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Adolescent, Child, Germany, Humans, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Pandemics

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