Study of Resilience and Loneliness in Youth (18 - 25 Years Old) During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lock-down Measures.

Mental Health Implications During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic Lock-down Measures in Youth (18 - 25 Years Old) in French-Speaking Belgium and Italy: Resilience and Loneliness Evaluation.

The outbreak linked to SARS-CoV-2 pandemic resulted in lock-down measures in almost all European countries.

This online survey assesses these measures implications on Mental Health in emerging adults.

The questionnaires evaluate two psychometric variables (Resilience and Loneliness) and Mental Health status (mental health professional help-seeking, use of psychotropic drugs, or possible diagnosis) before and during Lock-down Measures.

At least 600 healthy participants aged form 18 to 25 years old will be attended to fill the survey during the SARS-CoV2 Pandemic Lock-down Measures.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Loneliness; Resilience, Psychological; Surveys and Questionnaires; Youth
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Survey and Questionnaire

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 800

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Belgium
  • Brussels, Belgium, 1070
    • Erasme University Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 25 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthy youth living in a European Country where SARS-CoV2 Pandemic Lock-down Measures are underway.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• French-speaking or Italian-speaking
• Subjects who accepted to participated to the online survey
• Inhabitants of a European country where SARS-CoV2 Pandemic Lock-down Measures are underway
• Survey filling date up to one week after the end of Lock-down Measures in the Country of residence

Exclusion Criteria:

• Incomplete surveys

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Youth; Assessed group	Other: Survey and Questionnaire; Resilience and Loneliness questionnaires

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self-rated measure of Resilience	Measured with the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA).	Up to 1 week after the end of the lock-down measures
Self-rated measure of Loneliness	Measured with the UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) Loneliness Scale.	Up to 1 week after the end of the lock-down measures

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Erasme University Hospital
• Collaborators: Université Libre de Bruxelles; King Baudouin Foundation

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Boffo, M., Mannarini, S., & Munari, C. (2012). Exploratory Structure Equation Modeling of the UCLA Loneliness Scale: A contribution to the Italian adaptation. TPM: Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 19(4).
• Bonfiglio NS, Renati R, Hjemdal O, Friborg O. The resilience scale for adults in italy: A validation study comparing clinical substance abusers with a nonclinical sample. Psychol Addict Behav. 2016 Jun;30(4):509-15. doi: 10.1037/adb0000176. Epub 2016 Mar 31.
• Friborg, O., Martinussen, M., & Rosenvinge, J. H. (2006). Likert-based vs. semantic differential-based scorings of positive psychological constructs: A psychometric comparison of two versions of a scale measuring resilience. Personality and Individual Differences, 40(5), 873-884. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2005.08.015
• Grace, G. D. E., Joshi, P., Pelletier, R., & Laval, U. (1993). L'Echelle de solitude de l'Universite Laval ( ESUL ): validation canadienne-francaise du UCLA Loneliness Scale. (1959), 12-27.
• Hjemdal, O., Friborg, O., Braun, S., Kempenaers, C., Linkowski, P., & Fossion, P. (2011). The resilience scale for adults: Construct validity and measurement in a Belgian sample. International Journal of Testing, 11(1), 53-70. https://doi.org/10.1080/15305058.2010.508570
• Kessler RC, Amminger GP, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Alonso J, Lee S, Ustun TB. Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2007 Jul;20(4):359-64. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32816ebc8c.
• Marcoen A, Goossens L, Caes P. Lonelines in pre-through late adolescence: Exploring the contributions of a multidimensional approach. J Youth Adolesc. 1987 Dec;16(6):561-77. doi: 10.1007/BF02138821.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 30, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): May 31, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): December 30, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 22, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 30, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): May 1, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 9, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 8, 2022
• Last Verified: February 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Mental Health; Emerging Adulthood
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Lung Diseases; COVID-19
• Other Study ID Numbers: SRB2020_158

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No