The Mental Health Implications of COVID-19 for Adolescents: Follow-up of a Four-Wave Longitudinal Study during the Pandemic

The current study utilized a community sample of adolescents who recently completed a two-year, four-wave study of adolescent mental health (Wave 1 n=184, Mage=13.9 years; 50.3% female), as well as one wave of assessment during the pandemic, to assess whether mental health trajectories had deviated from expectations during the pandemic.