The Anxiety Epidemic Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Review, Conceptualization, and Recommendations for Prevention and Intervention
This article summarizes contemporary evidence indicating how the COVID-19 pandemic has escalated the already high prevalence of anxiety among children and adolescents. This paper also illustrates the need for an explanatory approach and how the interactional model of anxiety advanced by former York University colleague Norman Endler is highly applicable and identifies key vulnerabilities that account for the role of the pandemic in contributing to heightened anxiety. Most notably, the article concludes with a focus on specific themes to emphasize in the prevention of anxiety among children and adolescents.