post-traumatic growth and perceived social support in young adolescents during the covid-19 pandemic

Objectives: pandemics would certainly have a negative impact on mental health. positivemodifications as well as negative alterations have been documented in earlier viralpandemic according to previous investigations. teenagers face a variety of challengesduring adolescence. adolescents may become more concerned if this time coincides withother worries. this study aims to investigate the positive changes that occur in a youngadolescent’s life after covid-19 pandemic, and to see how they relate to perceived socialsupport.methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on adolescents who were randomlyselected from high schools in kerman, iran 2020 during the covid-19. the sample sizewas 108 and for sampling wes used multi-stage random sampling at the end the data wasanalyzed by pearson correlation test. demographic information, the multidimensionalscale of perceived social support (mspss) and posttraumatic growth inventory short form(ptgi-sf) were used to collect data. the data were subjected to descriptive and analyticalstatistical tests (pearson correlation) using spss software version 24.results: statistically a positive correlation was found between the ptg total score andyoung homeschooled adolescents, parents working remotely, income loss and covid-19experience. moreover, during the covid-19 pandemic, a positive association was foundbetween perceived social support and ptg total scores in young adolescents. there werealso substantial positive connections between the mspss subscales and the ptgi overallscore.conclusion: based on the findings, an overall growth in all areas of ptg was observedduring the covid-19 among young adolescents. perceived social support scores have apositive and significant relationship with covid-19 effects. in the crises we face throughoutlife, intimate family members and friends play a significant supporting role in adapting tothese situations