Prosocial and health protective behaviors are critical to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, yet adolescents have been difficult to engage. Attachment security promotes adolescents’ capacities to navigate stress, and influences prosocial and health behaviors. Drawing on a diverse sample of 202 adolescents (48% female; 47.5% Latinx) this study evaluated relations among attachment, mental health, and prosocial and health protective responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attachment security (age 12) predicted adolescents’ (age 15) COVID-19 prosocial (f² = .201) and health protective behaviors (f² = .274) during the pandemic via smaller-than-expected increases in mental health symptoms above pre-pandemic levels (age 14). Findings highlight the importance of attachment for supporting adolescents’ mental health responses to life stressors and promoting prosocial and health protective behaviors.

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依恋安全可预测青少年对 COVID-19 大流行的亲社会和健康保护反应


亲社会和健康保护行为对于遏制 COVID-19 大流行至关重要，但青少年却很难参与其中。依恋安全感可以提高青少年应对压力的能力，并影响亲社会和健康行为。这项研究利用 202 名青少年（48% 为女性；47.5% 为拉丁裔）的不同样本，评估了依恋、心理健康以及对 COVID-19 大流行的亲社会和健康保护反应之间的关系。依恋安全感（12 岁）通过上述心理健康症状的增加幅度小于预期，预测了大流行期间青少年（15 岁）的 COVID-19 亲社会行为 ( f ² = .201) 和健康保护行为 ( f ² = .274)大流行前的水平（14 岁）。研究结果强调了依恋对于支持青少年对生活压力因素的心理健康反应以及促进亲社会和健康保护行为的重要性。