Longitudinal Changes in Adolescents' School Bonding During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Individual, Parenting, and Family Correlates

Authors

Sahitya Maiya, Utah State UniversityFollow
Aryn M. Dotterer, Utah State UniversityFollow
Shawn D. Whiteman, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volume

31

Issue

3

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

Publication Date

8-26-2021

First Page

808

Last Page

819

Abstract

The current study examined changes in adolescents' school bonding from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic and its individual, parenting, and family-level correlates. Participants were two adolescents (50% male; M_age = 14 years) and one parent (85% female; M_age = 45 years) from 682 families (N = 2046) from an ongoing longitudinal study. Adolescents reported on their school bonding, stress, and coping, while parents reported on their involvement in adolescents' education and pandemic-related financial need. A two-wave latent change score model suggested that adolescents' school bonding decreased from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stress and pandemic-related financial need served as risk factors, whereas coping and parental involvement served as protective factors against declines in adolescents' school bonding.

Recommended Citation

Maiya, S.:, Dotterer, A. M., & Whiteman, S. D. (2021). Longitudinal changes in adolescents' school bonding during the COVID-19 pandemic: Individual, parenting, and family correlates. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31, 808-819. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12653