Adolescents' meaning making of salient emotional experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction: This mixed-method longitudinal study examined American adolescents' meaning making of salient COVID-19 pandemic events.

Method: Within phone interviews, adolescents (N = 124, M = 15.76 years; 46% Latine) narrated their most emotionally impactful pandemic experience at two time points ~30 days apart between July 2020 and March 2021.