COVID-19 UNMASKED: Supporting Children and Adolescents (COVID-19 Unmasked)
COVID-19 Unmasked aimed to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of young children and their caregivers, comparing results across countries. It followed young children aged 1 to 5 years and their caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 6,000 participants were included, living in Australia, Cyprus, Greece, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, or the United States of America at the time. The caregivers of young children completed online surveys at four time-points: baseline, 3, 6 and 12 months.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
6,010 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2020
Primary Institutions
Istanbul Rumeli University (Academic, Turkey)
University of Melbourne (Academic, Australia)
University of Nicosia (UNIC) (Academic, Cyprus)
University of Queensland (UQ) (Academic, Australia)
University of Valencia (Universitat de València, UV) (Academic, Spain)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw (Industry, Poland)
German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) (Research council, Germany)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) (Government, United States of America)
National Centre for Research Resources (Research council, United States of America)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Self-completed questionnaire – online
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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