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AUTHOR(S) Bruce Floyd; Heather T. Battles; Sophie White (et al.)
This study uses longitudinal data from school children in Dunedin, New Zealand, to evaluate impacts of COVID-19 lockdown measures on changes in body mass (BMI, kg/m2). Impacts are assessed using two non-mutually exclusive hypotheses. The “structured days” hypothesis holds that children tend to alter sleep patterns, reduce activity and increase snacking when not in structured environments. The bidirectional hypothesis proposes that over-weight or obese children are predisposed to further gains in unstructured settings. Juveniles and adolescents (n = 95, 60% female) were recruited from Dunedin schools. Repeated measures analyses assessed variation in intra-individual change in BMI during four periods: P1 (before summer break), P2 (during summer break), P3 (during the COVID-19 lockdown), and P4 (after the lockdown ended). The model also examined if these changes were influenced by participants' sex or body size early in the first period assessed using log-transformed BMI, log-transformed weight, height, or lower leg length.
AUTHOR(S) Shilpa Jain; Neeru Choudhary
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, working from home (WFH) was introduced wherever it was possible around the world. For working parents (employees with at least one dependent child), it was not simply WFH, but it also included challenges related to a new way of learning from home for their children. The pandemic changed the way people worked in organisations; we’ve all had to adjust our daily routines to cope with it and we are still learning how to do so. The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of working parents and examine the factors that contributed to their resilience while working from home during New Zealand’s first lockdown in March–April 2020. Ten in-depth, semi[1]structured interviews were undertaken with working parents (having at least one school-aged child) drawn from sectors such as banking, education and professional services in the Wellington region. Data was analysed using a thematic analysis approach.
AUTHOR(S) Vanessa S. Sakalidis; Alethea Rea; Sharon L. Perrella (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Bethany Hardie; Kerry Lee; Camilla Highfield
AUTHOR(S) Carol Mutch; Noah Romero
Towards the end of the first COVID-19 lockdown in early 2020, in Aotearoa New Zealand, the authors conducted a small-scale study to gain insight into children’s responses to the pandemic restrictions. As it was not possible to interview children ourselves, we recruited parents to read a set of digital stories about a toy bear in lockdown to their children and to record the ensuing conversations. The recorded conversations were returned to the authors to be transcribed and analysed. One intriguing finding was the strength of children’s feelings of loss in regard to their friendship groups, despite the fact that the lockdowns enabled them to spend more time with their immediate families. This article examines the phenomenon of the importance of peer-orientation over family-orientation as it appeared in the data. Hegemonic thinking and attachment theory are used to further explore this phenomenon and discuss how the current educational trends towards personal independence over family bonds might have led to some of the feelings of loss and anxiety highlighted in the data.
AUTHOR(S) Nickola C. Overall; Rachel S. T. Low; Valerie T. Chang (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Cara S. Swit; Rose Breen
AUTHOR(S) Marta Estelles; Holly Bodman; Carol Mutch
AUTHOR(S) Anna Serlachius; Anna Boggiss; David Lim (et al.)
Well-being apps represent a promising and scalable approach for improving mental health outcomes in youth, especially during a global pandemic when access to face-to-face interventions may be limited. Whitu (meaning 7 in the New Zealand Māori language Te Reo) is a newly developed well-being app with 7 modules that support young people to learn and practice evidence-based coping skills, including relaxation, mindfulness, self-compassion, and goal-setting. This pilot explored the acceptability, usability, and preliminary efficacy of Whitu before refining the app for a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
AUTHOR(S) Lisa Darragh; Nike Franke
AUTHOR(S) Nessa Lynch; Ursula Kilkelly
AUTHOR(S) Claire Freeman; Christina Ergler; Robin Kearns (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Raella Kahuroa; Linda Mitchell; Olivia Ng (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Caitlin S. McRae McRae; Annette M. E. Henderson; Rachel S. T. Low (et al.)
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