The Impact of Migration Status on Adolescents’ Mental Health during COVID-19
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Migration Status, Restrictions, and Remote Schooling in Austria
2.3. Measures
2.3.1. Well-Being (WHO-5)
2.3.2. Depressive Symptoms (PHQ-9)
2.3.3. Anxiety Symptoms (GAD-7)
2.3.4. Sleep Quality (ISI)
2.3.5. Stress (PSS-10)
2.3.6. Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-8)
2.4. Statistical Analyses
2.4.1. Matched-Pair Analysis
2.4.2. Whole Sample Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Matched-Pairs Analysis (N = 958)
3.2. Whole Sample Analysis (N = 3052)
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Migration Background (N) | No Migration Background (N) |
---|---|---|
Total | 479 | 479 |
Gender | ||
Female | 333 | 342 |
Male | 142 | 134 |
Diverse | 4 | 3 |
Migration | ||
Parents born abroad | 312 | - |
Both parents and self born abroad | 133 | - |
Only self born abroad | 34 | - |
Age | ||
14 | 42 | 41 |
15 | 92 | 96 |
16 | 110 | 108 |
17 | 119 | 118 |
18 | 85 | 87 |
19–20 | 31 | 29 |
Region | ||
North-East (Vienna, Lower Austria, Upper Austria) | 296 | 293 |
South-East (Carinthia, Styria, Burgenland) | 65 | 69 |
West (Tyrol, Salzburg, Vorarlberg) | 118 | 117 |
School | ||
Middle school | 5 | 3 |
Polytechnical School | 2 | 2 |
Part-Time Vocational School and Apprenticeship (Dual Training) | 17 | 14 |
School for Intermediate Vocational Education | 19 | 19 |
College for Higher Vocational Education | 194 | 193 |
Academic secondary school | 242 | 247 |
Other | - | 1 |
Migration Background | No Migration Background | Statistics | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
PHQ-9 score | <11 | 157 (35.5) | 192 (43.5) | z(882) = 2.44 |
N (%) | ≥11 | 285 (64.5) | 249 (56.5) | p = 0.01 |
GAD-7 score | <11 | 210 (46.5) | 247 (54.0) | z(908) = 2.28 |
N (%) | ≥11 | 242 (53.5) | 210 (46.0) | p = 0.02 |
ISI score | <15 | 318 (68.1) | 376 (79.0) | z(942) = 3.77 |
N (%) | ≥15 | 149 (31.9) | 100 (21.0) | p < 0.001 |
EAT-8 score | <2/<3 | 167 (36.8) | 187 (40.5) | z(915) = 1.15 |
N (%) | ≥2/≥3 | 287 (63.2) | 275 (59.5) | p = 0.25 |
PSS-10 score | <27 | 262 (57.0) | 293 (62.9) | z(925) = 1.84 |
N (%) | ≥27 | 198 (43.0) | 173 (37.1) | p = 0.07 |
Migration Background | No Migration Background | Statistics | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
WHO-5 | M | 33.85 | 37.82 | t(955) = −3.0; p < 0.01 |
SD | 20.74 | 20.32 | ||
N | 479 | 479 | ||
PHQ-9 | M | 13.37 | 11.94 | t(880) = 3.22; p = 0.001 |
SD | (6.59) | (6.60) | ||
N | 442 | 441 | ||
GAD-7 | M | 11.04 | 10.34 | t(906) = 1.98; p = 0.048 |
SD | (5.29) | (5.25) | ||
N | 452 | 457 | ||
PSS-10 | M | 24.35 | 23.74 | t(923) = 1.29; p = 0.20 |
SD | (6.79) | (7.50) | ||
N | 460 | 466 | ||
ISI | M | 11.84 | 10.14 | t(940) = 4.72; p < 0.001 |
SD | (5.55) | (5.49) | ||
N | 467 | 476 | ||
EAT-8 | M | 3.53 | 3.49 | t(919) = 0.17; p = 0.86 |
SD | (2.62) | (2.70) | ||
N | 457 | 465 |
Migration Background | No Migration Background | Statistics | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
PHQ-9 score | <11 | 157 (35.4) | 1081 (46.8) | χ2(1;2752) = 19.82 |
N (%) | ≥11 | 287 (64.6) | 1227 (53.2) | p < 0.001 |
GAD-7 score | <11 | 211 (46.5) | 1284 (54.2) | χ 2(1;2821) = 9.23 |
N (%) | ≥11 | 243 (53.5) | 1083 (45.8) | p = 0.002 |
ISI score | <15 | 332 (68.0) | 1976 (79.0) | χ 2(1;2988) = 28.14 |
N (%) | ≥15 | 156 (32.0) | 524 (21.0) | p < 0.001 |
EAT-8 score | <2/<3 | 169 (36.7) | 991 (41.3) | χ 2(1;2862) = 3.42 |
N (%) | ≥2/≥3 | 292 (63.3) | 1410 (58.7) | p = 0.065 |
PSS-10 score | <27 | 266 (57.2) | 1564 (64.7) | χ 2(1;2881) = 9.54 |
N (%) | ≥27 | 199 (42.8) | 852 (35.3) | p = 0.002 |
Migration Background | No Migration Background | Statistics | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
WHO-5 | M | 33.86 | 38.62 | t(3047) = −4.71; p < 0.001 |
SD | (20.71) | (20.80) | ||
N | 507 | 2542 | ||
PHQ-9 | M | 11.39 | 11.61 | t(2750) = 5.22; p <.001 |
SD | (6.60) | (6.57) | ||
N | 444 | 2308 | ||
GAD-7 | M | 11.06 | 10.18 | t(2819) = 3.23; p < 0.001 |
SD | (5.30) | (5.26) | ||
N | 454 | 2367 | ||
PSS-10 | M | 24.34 | 23.34 | t(705.2) = 2.87; p = 0.004 |
SD | (6.80) | (7.59) | ||
N | 465 | 2416 | ||
ISI | M | 11.87 | 10.01 | t(2986) = 6.71; p < 0.001 |
SD | (5.53) | (5.62) | ||
N | 488 | 2500 | ||
EAT-8 | M | 3.51 | 3.35 | t(2860) = 1.217; p = 0.224 |
SD | (2.62) | (2.66) | ||
N | 461 | 2401 |
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Pieh, C.; Dale, R.; Jesser, A.; Probst, T.; Plener, P.L.; Humer, E. The Impact of Migration Status on Adolescents’ Mental Health during COVID-19. Healthcare 2022, 10, 176. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010176
Pieh C, Dale R, Jesser A, Probst T, Plener PL, Humer E. The Impact of Migration Status on Adolescents’ Mental Health during COVID-19. Healthcare. 2022; 10(1):176. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010176
Chicago/Turabian StylePieh, Christoph, Rachel Dale, Andrea Jesser, Thomas Probst, Paul L. Plener, and Elke Humer. 2022. "The Impact of Migration Status on Adolescents’ Mental Health during COVID-19" Healthcare 10, no. 1: 176. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010176