@article{ScheinerSeisKleindienstetal.2023,
  author    = {Scheiner, Christin and Seis, Christian and Kleindienst, Nikolaus and Buerger, Arne},
  title     = {Psychopathology, protective factors, and COVID-19 among adolescents: a structural equation model},
  series = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health},
  volume    = {20},
  journal   = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health},
  number    = {3},
  issn      = {1660-4601},
  doi       = {10.3390/ijerph20032493},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-304475},
  year      = {2023},
  abstract  = {Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019 and the associated restrictions, mental health in children and adolescents has been increasingly discussed in the media. Negative impacts of the pandemic, including a sharp increase in psychopathology and, consequently, reduced quality of life, appear to have particularly affected children and young people, who may be especially vulnerable to the adverse effects of isolation. Nevertheless, many children and adolescents have managed to cope well with the restrictions, without deterioration of their mental health. The present study therefore explored the links between COVID-19 infection (in oneself or a family member, as well as the death of a family member due to the virus), protective factors such as self-efficacy, resilience, self-esteem, and health-related quality of life, and measures of psychopathology such as depression scores, internalizing/externalizing problems, emotion dysregulation, and victimization. For this purpose, we examined data from 2129 adolescents (mean age = 12.31, SD = 0.67; 51\% male; 6\% born outside of Germany) using a structural equation model. We found medium to high loadings of the manifest variables with the latent variables (COVID-19, protective factors, and psychopathology). Protective factors showed a significant negative correlation with psychopathology. However, COVID-19 had a weak connection with psychopathology in our sample. External pandemic-related factors (e.g., restrictions) and their interaction with existing psychopathology or individual protective factors appear to have a greater influence on young people's mental health than the impact of the virus per se. Sociopolitical efforts should be undertaken to foster prevention and promote individual resilience, especially in adolescence.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Niemack2019,
  author    = {Niemack, Juliane},
  title     = {Schutzfaktoren bei Kindern vor dem {\"U}bergang in die Sekundarstufe - Ergebnisse aus der STRESSStudie},
  series = {Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung / Discourse. Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research},
  volume    = {2019},
  journal   = {Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung / Discourse. Journal of Childhood and Adolescence Research},
  number    = {1},
  doi       = {10.3224/diskurs.v14i1.05},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-268788},
  pages     = {73-94},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {Der {\"U}bergang in die Sekundarstufe stellt f{\"u}r Kinder ein normativ kritisches Lebensereignis dar, das unterschiedlich bewertet und bew{\"a}ltigt wird. Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich mit der Frage, welche Schutzfaktoren dazu beitragen, dass Kinder dem {\"U}bergang mit Gef{\"u}hlen der Vorfreude begegnen und sie dieses Ereignis problemorientiert bew{\"a}ltigen. Untersucht werden 596 Viertkl{\"a}sslerInnen aus Bayern und Hessen vor dem {\"U}bergang in die Sekundarstufe. In Anlehnung an die kognitiv-transaktionale Theorie von Lazarus und Folkman (1984) werden die Zusammenh{\"a}nge von prim{\"a}rer Bewertung als Herausforderung und problemorientierter Stressbew{\"a}ltigung unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung von personalen (akademisches Selbstkonzept, Selbstwirksamkeit) und sozialen Schutzfaktoren (Familienzusammenhalt, allgemeines f{\"o}rderndes Elternverhalten) analysiert. Mithilfe von Strukturgleichungsmodellen lassen sich Mediationseffekte der Schutzfaktoren nachweisen. Insbesondere das akademische Selbstkonzept und ein f{\"o}rderliches Familienumfeld erweisen sich als bedeutsame protektive Faktoren in der Phase vor dem {\"U}bergang.},
  language  = {de}
}