![]() Measuring early signs of mental health challenges such as worries and negative emotions in young people is thus an urgent priority for researchers ( 13, 14) as well as policy-makers, including identifying those most vulnerable to mental health difficulties. As emotional symptoms in adolescence can become associated with many serious mental health outcomes including suicide, long-term physical health consequences, and significant healthcare burden ( 9– 11), the effect of COVID-19 on young people's mental health could be more damaging in the longer run than the infection itself ( 12). While young people may be less susceptible to severe forms of the illness, suffering milder symptoms, lower morbidity, and better prognosis compared to adults ( 1, 2) they have experienced an upsurge in stress ( 3, 4) precipitating loneliness, anxiety and depression in many ( 5– 8). The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching consequences on the physical and mental health of individuals as well as the health of economies across the globe. These findings call for a need to ensure provisions and access to digital education and medical care. Thus, Indian adolescents report significant impact of the pandemic on various aspects of their life and are particularly worried about academic attainments, social and recreational activities and physical health. More females than males worried about academic attainment and physical health while more males worried about social and recreational activities. Participants' top worries focused on academic attainments, social and recreational activities, and physical health. These impacts in turn associated with negative affect. Findings showed that most participants had no personal experience (97.41%) or knew anyone (82.58%) with COVID-19, yet endorsed moderate-to-severe impact of COVID-19 on their academics, social life, and work. ![]() Three-hundred-and-ten young people from North India (51% male, 12–18 years) reported on their personal experiences of being infected by the coronavirus, the impact of the pandemic and its' restrictions across life domains, their top worries, social restrictions, and levels of negative affect and anhedonia. Here we report on the content of worries of Indian adolescents and identify groups of young people who may be particularly vulnerable to negative emotions along with reporting on the impact of coronavirus on their lives. Despite recent speculative suggestions of poorer mental health in young people in India since the start of the pandemic, there have been no systematic efforts to measure these. ![]() The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented stress to young people. 4Division of Psychology, Department of Life Sciences, and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University, London, United Kingdom.3Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.2Department of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.1Department of Psychology, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, India.Meenakshi Shukla 1 Rakesh Pandey 2 Tushar Singh 2 * Laura Riddleston 3 Taryn Hutchinson 3 Veena Kumari 4 Jennifer Y.
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