This review discusses research conducted globally between March 2020 and March 2023
examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescent social functioning, including …

Pandemic restrictions aiming to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the US impacted the quality,
quantity and tenor of adolescents' social relationships and shifted the context in which …

Early findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents, suggest that–
despite being at the lowest physical health risk–both their mental health and day-to-day …

Rooted in scholarship of social connectedness and social support, this research raises the
question: Can online chatting help mitigate the negative psychological influence of physical …

The continuing COVID-19 pandemic enables assessment of the adaptability of young adults
to non-normative stressors threatening their social-emotional wellbeing. Focusing …

The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated stay-at-home orders resulted in
a stark reduction in daily social interactions for children and adolescents. Given that peer …

Adolescence is a critical period for social development, which COVID-19 has dramatically
altered. Quarantined youths had limited in-person interactions with peers. The present study …

This study investigated the relations of adolescent COVID-19 knowledge,
quarantine/lockdown experiences, and social media use with indices of their psychosocial …

Background Good quality friendships and relationships are critical to the development of
social competence and are associated with quality of life and mental health in childhood and …

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders limited adolescents' ability to
connect with friends in person, leading adolescents to rely on digital forms of communication …