Supporting adolescents’ mental health during COVID-19 by utilising lessons from the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake

Junko Okuyama (), Shin-Ichi Izumi, Shunichi Funakoshi, Shuji Seto, Hiroyuki Sasaki, Kiyoshi Ito, Fumihiko Imamura, Mayumi Willgerodt and Yu Fukuda
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Junko Okuyama: Tohoku University
Shin-Ichi Izumi: Tohoku University
Shunichi Funakoshi: Miyagi Psychtric Center
Shuji Seto: Tohoku University
Hiroyuki Sasaki: Tohoku University
Kiyoshi Ito: Tohoku University
Fumihiko Imamura: Tohoku University
Mayumi Willgerodt: Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing at the University of Washington
Yu Fukuda: Notre Dame Seishin University

Palgrave Communications, 2022, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract Historical data can determine how adolescents recover from difficult situations such as the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study analysed 3 years of data obtained from high-school students who had been affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and consequently evidenced the importance of increasing resilience among affected adolescents. This involved identifying factors contributing to resilience through a model that assessed for each tsunami disaster. This model was determined by assessing the correlation between survivors’ resilience scores and their measured psychological and lifestyle scores. This approach showed that, in all tsunami damage models, resilience was most affected by the depressed emotions. Thus, our approach suggests that interventions for improving the depressed mood may improve resilience in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Date: 2022
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