ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Sleep Quality during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Adolescents and Parents: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Kaylin Spinelli
    Scared Heart Academy
  • Kaylin Spinelli
    Sacred Heart Academy
  • Stephen Sullivan
    Sacred Heart Academy

Abstract

Are essential workers and their families at increased risk for mental illness? 120 female adolescents from an all-girls academy in New York and their parents completed surveys measuring anxiety and sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data concludes essential workers and their families are at elevated risk for mental illness.

Epidemics and Public Health