Adolescents’ Pro-Social Behavior During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

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• Personal Author:
  Rosenbaum, Janet E.
• Description:
  Adolescents in modern US society are tasked with identity development including establishing values, college expectations, and future orientation, a process likely to have been affected by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The analysis of the American Time Use Survey in this issue describes adolescents' behavior during the first year of the pandemic. Contrary to concerns that closing schools leads to greater risky socialization and even with persistently decreasing pro-social attitudes in the United States, adolescents did exactly as they were asked to: they spent more time with their households and less time with friends and in school. Adolescents also did not increase hours of sleep or take on employment despite the potential flexibilities offered by remote learning, possibly because their families' household incomes also increased relative to the poverty line, consistent with the intent of the economic impact payments of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. In this commentary, I will consider which adolescents are excluded from the analysis and how we can plan for future pandemics to improve adolescents' experiences. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Behavior Communicable Diseases Education Family Occupational Health Safety Virus Diseases
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Behavior Patterns COVID-19 Families Sociological Factors Vaccines
• ISSN:
  1054-139X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  72
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067447
• Citation:
  J Adolesc Health 2023 Feb; 72(2):173-174
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• Performing Organization:
  SUNY Downstate Medical Center
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20210901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Adolescent Health
• End Date:
  20230831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230828/cdc_230828_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 271.08 KB ]