Table 5.

Overview of the most mentioned themes (≥5% of the children per sample) in response to the open question “How are the corona-regulations for you?” per sample, ranked by the number of times mentioned (most to least).

Child/adolescent psychiatric sample (N = 249)	Pediatric sample (N = 90)	General population sample (N = 844)
1. Missing contact with friends “I have not seen any of my friends in 7 weeks”	1. Missing contact with friends “I miss my friends the most, because I cannot meet them right now”	1. Missing contact with friends “Feeling alone, because I cannot see my friends anymore, it is different online”
2. Not allowed to go to school “It is a pity that I cannot go to school”	2. Not allowed to go to school “I would like to go back to school”	2. Not allowed to go to school “I miss my teacher and my class”
3. Missing freedom “I am almost not allowed to go outside and therefore I cannot lose my energy”	3. Missing freedom “That I am not allowed to go anywhere anymore makes me feel trapped”	3. Missing freedom “I am only allowed to play in and around the house”
4. Missing joyful activities “I am not allowed to go to the pool or a day out”	4. Not allowed to participate in sports “I miss sports”	4. Not allowed to participate in sports “I used to play soccer three times a week, I miss playing sports and being outside the most”
5. No problems with corona-regulations “I am not bothered by the corona-regulations, I like that I get more rest”	5. Missing joyful activities “Birthday parties are canceled, I miss doing fun things together”	5. Missing joyful activities “I want to party with my friends, to participate in my final exams and I want to go on a holiday but that is not possible now”
6. Not allowed to participate in sports “My judo training is canceled and I find that very unfortunate”	6. Missing extended family “I am not allowed to visit my grandparents”	6. Difficulties with homeschooling “I miss my daily routine and the boundary between school and home is completely gone”
7. Difficulties with homeschooling “Homeschooling is difficult, especially having my parents as teachers”	7. Difficulty keeping distance “People tell me that I am not allowed to stand too close to my friends”	7. Missing extended family “I am not allowed to see or hug my grandparents”
8. Difficulty keeping distance “Keeping distance from family (not hugging) and keeping distance from other people is difficult”	8. No problems with corona-regulations “I am not bothered by the corona-regulations”	8. Boredom “I am often bored, because we cannot do anything”
9. Missing extended family “I miss my extended family”		9. No problems with corona-regulations “It does not bother me”
10. Emotions about regulations “I am not allowed to do everything I want, I do not like that and it makes me angry”

White: 5–15, Light gray: 16–30, Dark gray: 31–50%. Themes represented in bold are not mentioned by all groups.