Development and validation of the questionnaire of post-pandemic coping strategies upon life return to normal for teenagers
Introduction COVID-19 quarantine affected teenagers’ life as it brought about significant changes in their usual way of life, disrupting every social relationships. Following the lifting of pandemic restrictions, teenagers are urged to deal with the psychological challenges of their return to norma...
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Introduction
COVID-19 quarantine affected teenagers’ life as it brought about significant changes in their usual way of life, disrupting every social relationships. Following the lifting of pandemic restrictions, teenagers are urged to deal with the psychological challenges of their return to normality.
Objectives
To develop and validate a questionnaire in Greek teenagers to better monitor their coping strategies when returning to normal after pandemic restrictions were dropped.
Methods
One hundred teenagers (41 boys, 59 girls; median age: 12) from a large provincial Greek town completed an ab initio 15-item questionnaire on post-pandemic coping strategies upon life return to normal for teenagers (PPCSRN-T). The responders specified their level of agreement to each item statement in five points: (1) Strongly disagree; (2) Disagree; (3) Neither agree nor disagree; (4) Agree; (5) Strongly agree. Psychometric properties were analysed. Factor analysis was performed. SPSS.21 was used for all analyses.
Results
The optimal two-factor solution explained 66.1% of variance. The initial factors ‘post-pandemic daily life normalcy aspirations’ and ‘post-pandemic family life normalcy aspirations’ were reaffirmed. Item loadings were between 0.52-0.82. Each of the final factors had three items. The items ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will live an active life’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will make time for exercise’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will meet up with my friends’ represented the final factor ‘post-pandemic daily life normalcy aspirations’. The items ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, my family will stick to a normal daily rhythm’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will go on spending time with my parents’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will be grateful for what I will have in my life’ represented the final factor ‘post-pandemic family life normalcy aspirations’. Reliability (Cronbach alpha) for the six-item final scale was 0.62. The intra-class correlation coefficient varied from 0.50-0.73. No ceiling/floor effect was detected.
Conclusions
The six-item final PPCSRN-T version proved to be a valid and reliable instrument. It would provide paediatric personnel and psychologists information on the as-yet not readily accessible coping strategies of teenagers returning to normality after the pandemic upheaval coming to an end.
Disclosure of Interest
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| spelling | doaj.art-884cb310e1eb4bb9a68cc59e56e23c862023-11-17T05:07:19ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852023-03-0166S150S15110.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.371Development and validation of the questionnaire of post-pandemic coping strategies upon life return to normal for teenagersF. Maris0E. Charmandari1A. Zartaloudi2M. Polikandrioti3C. M. Vassalos4I. Koutelekos51National and Kapodistrian University of Athens1National and Kapodistrian University of Athens2University of West Attica2University of West Attica3Greek Health System, Athens, Greece2University of West Attica Introduction COVID-19 quarantine affected teenagers’ life as it brought about significant changes in their usual way of life, disrupting every social relationships. Following the lifting of pandemic restrictions, teenagers are urged to deal with the psychological challenges of their return to normality. Objectives To develop and validate a questionnaire in Greek teenagers to better monitor their coping strategies when returning to normal after pandemic restrictions were dropped. Methods One hundred teenagers (41 boys, 59 girls; median age: 12) from a large provincial Greek town completed an ab initio 15-item questionnaire on post-pandemic coping strategies upon life return to normal for teenagers (PPCSRN-T). The responders specified their level of agreement to each item statement in five points: (1) Strongly disagree; (2) Disagree; (3) Neither agree nor disagree; (4) Agree; (5) Strongly agree. Psychometric properties were analysed. Factor analysis was performed. SPSS.21 was used for all analyses. Results The optimal two-factor solution explained 66.1% of variance. The initial factors ‘post-pandemic daily life normalcy aspirations’ and ‘post-pandemic family life normalcy aspirations’ were reaffirmed. Item loadings were between 0.52-0.82. Each of the final factors had three items. The items ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will live an active life’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will make time for exercise’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will meet up with my friends’ represented the final factor ‘post-pandemic daily life normalcy aspirations’. The items ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, my family will stick to a normal daily rhythm’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will go on spending time with my parents’, ‘After pandemic restrictions are lifted, I will be grateful for what I will have in my life’ represented the final factor ‘post-pandemic family life normalcy aspirations’. Reliability (Cronbach alpha) for the six-item final scale was 0.62. The intra-class correlation coefficient varied from 0.50-0.73. No ceiling/floor effect was detected. Conclusions The six-item final PPCSRN-T version proved to be a valid and reliable instrument. It would provide paediatric personnel and psychologists information on the as-yet not readily accessible coping strategies of teenagers returning to normality after the pandemic upheaval coming to an end. Disclosure of Interest None Declaredhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933823003711/type/journal_article |
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