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Covid-19 stresses and disciplines Bulgaria’s teenagers

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Anxiety among Bulgaria’s teenagers (15-19 years) increased two-fold as compared to the period before the Covid-19 crisis. Boredom among teenagers increased five times. Anger increased 3 times and frustration rose 5 times. Feelings of nostalgia, sorrow and loneliness among Bulgaria’s teenagers increased 4 times, a research of UNICEF shows. 80% of the teenagers prefer to watch videos in the social networks during the social isolation. 73% of the respondents said that they have started to do some housework. 80% of them say they are responsible and observe the restrictive measures. 64% of the teenagers do not go outside, the survey further reads. 89% of them wear face masks if they go out. Half of the respondents say online education is stressful. Two thirds tend to believe that coronavirus is a controlled experiment with new biological weapon and 16% believe that there is connection between Covid-19 and 5G.




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