Analysis on Teen Anxiety with Regard to COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

With the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic becoming a normality, adolescent anxiety and mental illnesses increasingly emerge on a global scale. This thesis focuses on teenagers who are raised in a fairly favourable background but are suffering from mental problems relating to the changes of the environment during the pandemic. It summarizes the phenomenon that has occurred respectively and explores three major possible reasons: family conflicts, online studying and lack of social contact. It further brings up measures of alleviating the urgency of the condition from a macro perspective, which require governments, schools, scientists, parents and adolescents themselves to collaborate and fulfill their own responsibilities. By working according to the psychological traits of teenagers, which improves the effectiveness of treatment, solving mental issues can contribute to fighting against the virus as well.