背景:美国冠状病毒(COVID-19)大流行的爆发导致疾病控制和预防中心(CDC)制定了旨在遏制病毒传播的安全指南。与成年人相比,青少年的社会心理成熟度降低,因此有可能无视这些指南。当前的研究调查了青少年心理社会成熟度之间的关系,在受大流行影响特别大的县,一些感染COVID-19的风险最高的人群中,CDC指南的重要性和对CDC指南的遵守(即,埃尔帕索的西班牙裔和低SES青年,德克萨斯州)。
方法:参与者完成了对研究助理的电话采访,了解他们在COVID-19大流行最初几个月的想法和行为。青少年(N=68)平均15.38岁(SD=1.05,范围=13,17),主要为男性(60.3%),几乎完全是西班牙裔/拉丁裔(94.1%)。
结果:结果表明,尽管更多的社会心理成熟的青少年报告说,与社会心理成熟程度较低的青少年相比,对CDC指南的依从性更高,心理社会成熟度和依从性之间的关联完全取决于青少年认为遵循指南的重要性.具体来说,更高的感知重要性与更多地遵守指南相关.
结论:当前的研究发现,更多的社会心理成熟的青少年比社会心理成熟程度较低的青少年更好地遵守CDC的安全指南,因为他们更可能认为指南很重要。因此,试图提高青少年对准则的依从性的信息不仅应强调遵循准则很重要,但是为什么遵循准则如此重要。社会心理成熟程度较低的青少年可能会从干预措施和有针对性的信息中受益最多,这些信息涉及遵循CDC指南的重要性。越来越多的社会心理成熟的青少年已经认识到这一重要性。
BACKGROUND: The outbreak of the coronavirus (
COVID-19) pandemic in the United States resulted in safety
guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) intended to curb the spread of the virus. Adolescents are potentially at risk for disregarding these guidelines due to their reduced psychosocial maturity compared with adults. The current study examined the relationship between adolescents\' psychosocial maturity, perceived importance of the CDC guidelines and adherence to the CDC
guidelines within some of the highest risk groups for contracting
COVID-19 in a county particularly impacted by the pandemic (i.e., Hispanic and low-SES youth in El Paso, Texas).
METHODS: Participants completed a phone interview with a research assistant regarding their thoughts and behaviours in the initial months of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Adolescents (N = 68) were 15.38 years old on average (SD = 1.05, range = 13, 17), predominantly male (60.3%) and nearly exclusively Hispanic/Latino (94.1%).
RESULTS: Results indicated that although more psychosocially mature adolescents reported greater adherence to the CDC guidelines than less psychosocially mature adolescents, the association between psychosocial maturity and adherence was fully mediated by how important adolescents felt it was to follow the guidelines. Specifically, greater perceived importance was associated with greater adherence to the guidelines.
CONCLUSIONS: The current study found that more psychosocially mature adolescents adhere to CDC\'s safety guidelines better than less psychosocially mature adolescents because they are more likely to view the guidelines as important. Information that attempts to increase adolescent adherence to the guidelines should therefore emphasize not only that following the
guidelines is important, but why following the
guidelines is so important. Less psychosocially mature adolescents may benefit most from interventions efforts and targeted messages regarding the importance of following the CDC\'s guidelines, as more psychosocially mature adolescents already recognize this importance.