Abstract summary 

This study investigated the quality of life of youth sport participants over the COVID-19 pandemic as moderated by psychological resilience. Participants included 93 high school sport participants (53.76% female, mean age = 15.59 ± 0.74) in a three-year longitudinal cohort study (SHRed Concussions) who completed the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), Pediatric Quality of Life Scale (PedsQL), and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at Year 1 (pre-pandemic, 2019-2020) and Year 2 (pandemic, 2020-2021). Change in quality of life and mental health symptoms from Year 1 to Year 2 was examined using paired -tests and Year 1 resilience was examined as a predictor of Year 2 quality of life and mental health symptoms using linear regression. Among participants with Year 1 scores before the pandemic onset, mean PedsQL ( = 74, = -0.26 [-2.63, 2.03], = 0.80) and SDQ ( = 74, = 0.030 [-0.90, 0.93], = 0.98) scores did not significantly change between Year 1 and Year 2. In unadjusted analyses, Year 1 CD-RISC scores were positively associated with predicted Year 2 PedsQL scores when Year 1 scores were controlled (β = 0.31 [0.0062, 0.61], Δ = 0.02) but not with residual change in SDQ scores (β = 0.035 [-0.11, 0.18], Δ = 0.001). Quality of life did not change significantly after the pandemic onset, and resilience was modestly protective.

Authors & Co-authors:  Graham Shepherd Galea Kopala-Sibley Emery Yeates

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