dc.contributor.author | Von Soest, Tilmann | |
dc.contributor.author | Bakken, Anders | |
dc.contributor.author | Pedersen, Willy | |
dc.contributor.author | Sletten, Mira Aaboen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-04T17:37:28Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-01-18T15:07:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-04T17:37:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-01-18T15:07:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06-29 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Von Soest, Bakken, Pedersen, Sletten. Life satisfaction among adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 2020 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0029-2001 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0807-7096 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/9339 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 involved closure of schools and strict
limitations on social contact. The study examines whether this had an effect on the life
satisfaction and subjective well-being among adolescents.
Material and method: An online survey among students in lower secondary schools in Oslo (N = 8 116, 46 %
response rate) was conducted during the period with closed schools and strict infection
control measures. The results were compared to equivalent surveys conducted in Oslo in
2018 (N = 13 790, 83 % response rate) and several other counties in 2020 before the COVID-19
restrictions were introduced (N = 19 799, 49 % response rate). Identical measurements were
used for life satisfaction, subjective well-being and background factors. We used logistic
regression analysis and corrected for sociodemographic differences.
Results: Among boys, the proportion reporting high life satisfaction (a score of 6 or higher on a scale
from 0 to 10) declined markedly, from 88 % in 2018 and 92 % in 2020 before the COVID-19
restrictions to 71 % during the period of restrictions (p < 0.001). The equivalent figures for
girls were 78 %, 81 % and 62 % (p < 0.001). The social inequality in life satisfaction was smaller
during the restrictions than in other periods. Concerns about illness and infection were
associated with lower life satisfaction.
Interpretation: The reduction in life satisfaction and subjective well-being can most likely be explained by
the heavy restrictions placed on activities that promote well-being and by concerns about
infection. The results also indicate that resourceful adolescents experienced an especially
strong reduction in their life satisfaction. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Work on this study was supported by grants from the Research Council of Norway (project nos. 288083 and 300816). | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Den norske legeforening | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association; | |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND) License | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | COVID-19 pandemic | en |
dc.subject | Adolescents | en |
dc.subject | Life satisfaction | en |
dc.subject | Subjective well-being | en |
dc.subject | Limited social contact | en |
dc.subject | School closures | en |
dc.title | Life satisfaction among adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic | en |
dc.title.alternative | Livstilfredshet blant ungdom før og under covid-19-pandemien | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2020-09-04T17:37:28Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.20.0437 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1827494 | |
dc.source.journal | Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening | |