Emotional consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents: challenges to public health.

Objective: To describe adolescents' everyday activities and emotional consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Qualitative study grounded in Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology, involving 22 students at two public schools in a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Interviews were conducted, had their audio recorded, and were analyzed according to a thematic categorization.