This article presents a qualitative study exploring the mental health experiences of Chilean adolescents during the lockdown and school closures, as well as their return to on-site education; and identifying elements within the family, school, and social environments that either supported or hindered their adaptation. For this aim, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 19 adolescents and 16 school staff members from an urban area in Chile.

Open documents are written in English. Data files (not included here) are in Spanish language.

The raw interview transcripts and audio files are not shared, due to sensitivity of data.

Anonymized interview transcripts in original language (Spanish) and codebook in Atlas.ti format are not included here. The team made an effort on removing all information from the interviews that could potentially identify participants, however, narratives and experiences contained could still be traceable in some cases. Therefore, these files cannot be shared, but can be read on site at Leiden University only upon reasonable request.