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The mental well-being and coping strategies of Canadian adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

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What you need to know?
There is evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on the mental and emotional well-being of adolescents. Various countries, such as Canada, India, Nigeria and China, have shown an increase in mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety and self-harm. However, qualitative research is lacking on the mental well-being of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to explore the feelings and emotions adolescents experienced during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the coping strategies they identified and employed to manage those emotions.

What is this research about?

There is evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on the mental and emotional well-being of adolescents. There has been a great deal of disruption in adolescents’ daily routines (e.g., school closures, being isolated at home, cancellations of social gatherings/events and a loss of important milestones), leading to an increase in anxiety, depression and self-harm. During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety and self-harm in Ontario, Canada. Similar findings have been found in other parts of the world.

This study aimed to answer the following two questions:

  1. What feelings and emotions have you experienced around the pandemic?
  2. What coping strategies have you used during the pandemic?


The study also captured self-rated mental health, stress and psychological distress before and during COVID-19 restriction measures.

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The research snapshot can be found in English here and French here

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