What makes Dutch youth comply with preventive COVID‐19 measures? An explorative study

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The measures to contain the spread of COVID‐19 are challenging for youth, especially the social isolation measures. These measures are antagonistic to healthy youth development, which requires sufficient social contact with peers and adults. This explorative study examined what factors are associated with adherence to COVID‐19 measures in a sample of Dutch youth ( N = 263; 79.8% female) with ages ranging between 16 and 24 years ( M = 21.1 years; SD = 2.44 years), who completed an online questionnaire about their compliance to measures, resilience, coping strategies, mental health, and availability of a natural mentor. Results showed that youth with fewer depressive symptoms adhered better to measures of social distance. Youth who were less suspicious, more resilient, and those with an active coping strategy or a natural mentor more often complied with COVID‐19 measures. These results can be used to help youth comply with the COVID‐19 measures.

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Naomi Koning:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8698-6023

N.koning@uva.nl

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Community Psychol

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Community Psychol

Journal ID (doi): 10.1002/(ISSN)1520-6629

Journal ID (publisher-id): JCOP

Title: Journal of Community Psychology

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc. (Hoboken )

ISSN (Print): 0090-4392

ISSN (Electronic): 1520-6629

Publication date (Electronic): 07 July 2021

Publication date PMC-release: 07 July 2021

Electronic Location Identifier: 10.1002/jcop.22651

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[ ¹ ] Research Institute of Child Development and Education University of Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands

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[*] [* ] Correspondence Naomi Koning, Nieuwe Achtergracht 127, 1018 WS Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Email: N.koning@ 123456uva.nl

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Naomi Koning http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8698-6023

Geert‐Jan J. M. Stams https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6630-8954

Mark Assink https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2235-6548

Levi van Dam http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9849-451X

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Publisher ID: JCOP22651

DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22651

PMC ID: 8426846

PubMed ID: 34235747

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Date revision received : 11 June 2021

Date received : 23 March 2021

Date accepted : 21 June 2021

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What makes Dutch youth comply with preventive COVID‐19 measures? An explorative study

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