How Covid lockdowns hit mental health of teenage boys hardest

Saturday 23rd March 2024

New research findings are contrary to what had previously been thought about pandemic’s effect on children’s wellbeing

Teenage boys were hit hardest by the Covid lockdowns, with their mental health failing to recover despite the return to normality, according to the most comprehensive academic study of its kind.

Early research into how lockdown affected children indicated that girls had suffered more significant mental health problems than boys.

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