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Table 2 Level of interest in other people and relationships according to adolescent lockdown perception clusters from the PARIS birth cohort (N = 791)

From: Subgroups of perceptions and related behaviors during the COVID-19 lockdown: experience of adolescents in the PARIS birth cohort

Variables, n (%)

Cluster “unhappy”

Cluster “intermediate”

Cluster ”happy”

Total

p values*

 

n = 146 (19)

n = 334 (42)

n = 311 (39)

N = 791

“unhappy” vs. ”intermediate”

“unhappy” vs. ”happy”

“intermediate” vs. ”happy”

Interest in other people

During the past week

       

 Feeling interested in other people

    

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.14

  None of the time, rarely

59 (40)

52 (16)

62 (20)

173 (22)

   

  Some of the time, often

80 (55)

249 (74)

210 (67)

539 (68)

   

  All of the time

7 (5)

33 (10)

39 (13)

79 (10)

   

 Feeling close to other people

    

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.03

  None of the time, rarely

67 (46)

58 (17)

40 (13)

165 (21)

   

  Some of the time, often

74 (51)

230 (69)

206 (66)

510 (64)

   

  All of the time

5 (3)

46 (14)

65 (21)

116 (15)

   

Level of worry about the coronavirus regarding

 Family health1

    

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Low

40 (27)

38 (11)

125 (40)

203 (26)

   

  Moderate

51 (35)

122 (37)

142 (46)

315 (40)

   

  High

55 (38)

174 (52)

44 (14)

273 (35)

   

 Friends’ health1

    

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Low

67 (46)

90 (27)

211 (68)

368 (47)

   

  Moderate

48 (33)

151 (45)

79 (25)

278 (35)

   

  High

31 (21)

93 (28)

21 (7)

145 (18)

   

Relationships

Since the beginning of lockdown

       

 Suffering from loneliness1

    

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Low

56 (38)

198 (59)

247 (79)

501 (63)

   

  Moderate

43 (30)

74 (22)

47 (15)

164 (21)

   

  High

47 (32)

62 (19)

17 (6)

126 (16)

   

 Suffering from overcrowded living conditions1

    

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

  Low

80 (55)

252 (76)

271 (87)

603 (76)

   

  Moderate

39 (27)

51 (15)

32 (10)

122 (16)

   

  High

27 (18)

31 (9)

8 (3)

66 (8)

   

 Relationship with father

       

  Deterioration

26 (18)

25 (8)

18 (6)

69 (9)

0.001

< 0.001

0.39

  Improvement

14 (10)

85 (26)

41 (13)

140 (18)

< 0.001

0.27

< 0.001

 Relationship with mother

       

  Deterioration

25 (17)

16 (5)

14 (5)

55 (7)

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.86

  Improvement

19 (13)

108 (32)

49 (16)

176 (22)

< 0.001

0.44

< 0.001

 Relationship with sibling

       

  Deterioration

25 (17)

19 (6)

23 (7)

67 (9)

< 0.001

0.002

0.38

  Improvement

42 (29)

119 (36)

66 (21)

227 (29)

0.14

0.08

< 0.001

 Relationship with friends

       

  Deterioration

27 (19)

29 (9)

27 (9)

83 (11)

0.002

0.002

1

  Improvement

40 (27)

104 (31)

37 (12)

181 (23)

0.41

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Deterioration of family tensions

42 (29)

54 (16)

24 (8)

120 (15)

0.001

< 0.001

0.001

 Talk, confide, and express themselves more often

       

  With friends

36 (25)

92 (28)

30 (10)

158 (20)

0.51

< 0.001

< 0.001

  With parents

23 (16)

82 (25)

119 (38)

224 (28)

0.03

< 0.001

< 0.001

  With teachers

6 (4)

57 (17)

14 (5)

77 (10)

< 0.001

0.85

< 0.001

 Understood, reassured more often

       

  By friends

31 (21)

62 (19)

13 (4)

106 (13)

0.50

< 0.001

< 0.001

  By parents

14 (10)

71 (21)

63 (20)

148 (19)

0.002

0.004

0.75

  By teachers

7 (5)

64 (19)

15 (6)

86 (11)

< 0.001

0.99

< 0.001

 Helped more often

       

  By friends

44 (30)

74 (22)

21 (7)

139 (18)

0.06

< 0.001

< 0.001

  By parents

34 (23)

115 (34)

110 (35)

259 (33)

0.015

0.01

0.80

  By teachers

9 (6)

65 (20)

17 (6)

91 (12)

< 0.001

0.76

< 0.001

 Advised more often by parents

20 (14)

76 (23)

73 (24)

169 (21)

0.02

0.02

0.83

Love relationship before the beginning of lockdown

15 (10)

67 (20)

13 (4)

95 (12)

0.009

0.01

< 0.001

 Percent of deterioration of love relationship since the beginning of lockdown

14/15 (93)

19/67 (28)

9/13 (69)

42/95 (44)

0.12

0.002

0.08

  1. * Pairwise chi-squared and Fisher’s exact tests were used to compare adolescent perception clusters.1 Rates were divided into three levels: low (1, 2, 3), moderate (4, 5, 6), and high (7, 8, 9, 10).