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AUTHOR(S) Laura Cohen Arazi; Mariela García; Débora Berdecio Salvatierra (et al.)
Changes in daily routine and social fabric resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic had an effect on children and adolescents. The objective of this study was to know the mood, emotions, and behaviors of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 lockdown. This was a prospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study. Parents and/ or caregivers of children and adolescents aged 3-15 years in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires were asked about their perceptions of the mood, behaviors, and emotions of children and adolescents during the lockdown.
AUTHOR(S) Silvia Mendolia; Agne Suziedelyte; Anna Zhu
AUTHOR(S) K. Magklara; I. Giannopoulou; K. Kotsis (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) S. E. Syed; N. M. Khan; H. U. Ahmed
AUTHOR(S) Abdullah Solmaz; Hülya Karataş; Tuğba Meliha Fatma Ercan (et al.)
Children may be greatly affected by events that increase stress in individuals in general and are reported as the vulnerable groups during the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic. But most of the studies in the literature investigating the mental effects of the pandemic on children were conducted with healthy children and limited study has evaluated the effect on children diagnosed with COVID-19. The aim of this study is to determine the anxiety level in paediatric patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and the affecting factors. This descriptive study was conducted with 292 children aged 8–18 years who were diagnosed with COVID-19. Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Questionnaire and the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED). Interviews were held by phone.
AUTHOR(S) Fuyuan Wen; Yi Meng; Kuo Liu (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Michelle F. Wright; Sebastian Wachs
AUTHOR(S) Olivia Bonardi; Yutong Wang; Kexin Li (et al.)
This study aimed to assess the effects of mental health interventions for children, adolescents, and adults not quarantined or undergoing treatment due to COVID-19 infection. It searched 9 databases (2 Chinese-language) from December 31, 2019, to March 22, 2021. It included randomised controlled trials of interventions to address COVID-19 mental health challenges among people not hospitalised or quarantined due to COVID-19 infection. It synthesized results descriptively due to substantial heterogeneity of populations and interventions and risk of bias concerns.
AUTHOR(S) Melanie R. Silverman; Jill Stadterman; Danny Lorenzi (et al.)
This study aims to test whether parental factors including internalizing symptoms, parenting style, and confidence in assisting with remote learning conferred risk/resilience for children with/without ADHD's learning and emotional outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. 291 parents of children (ages 6-13; n = 180 males) with (n = 148) and without ADHD completed questionnaires online (April-July 2020).
AUTHOR(S) Shahina Pardhan; John Parkin; Mike Trott (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented move to emergency remote learning around the world, leading to increased digital screen time for children and adolescents. This review highlights the potential risk of increased screen time to the eye and general health and makes recommendations to mitigate the risks posed. A narrative review of evidence of increased digital time during the COVID-19 pandemic, the risks linked to increased screen time and offer possible steps to mitigate these in students.
AUTHOR(S) Danaë Larivière-Bastien; Olivier Aubuchon; Aurélie Blondin (et al.)
Good quality friendships and relationships are critical to the development of social competence and are associated with quality of life and mental health in childhood and adolescence. Through social distancing and isolation restrictions, the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on the way in which youth socialize and communicate with friends, peers, teachers and family on a daily basis. In order to understand children's social functioning during the pandemic, it is essential to gather information on their experiences and perceptions concerning the social changes unique to this period. The objective of this study was to document children and adolescents' perspectives regarding their social life and friendships during the COVID-19 pandemic, through qualitative interviews. Participants (N = 67, 5–14 years) were recruited in May and June 2020. Semi-structured interviews were conducted via a videoconferencing platform. A thematic qualitative analysis was conducted based on the transcribed and coded interviews (NVivo).
AUTHOR(S) Sadiyya Haffejee; Panos Vostanis; Michelle O'Reilly (et al.)
Drawing on integrated data from focus groups and diary entries, we explored the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on child well- being for children from five Majority World Countries. We focus on the disruptions the pandemic caused, the adjustments made in response to these, and children's vision of a post- pandemic world. Underlying children's experiences of loss, boredom and concerns about educational progress, was an awareness of systemic inequalities that disadvantaged them or oth-ers in their community.
AUTHOR(S) Hajime Takeuchi; Sharanya Napier-Raman; Osamagbe Asemota (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected vulnerable children and youth. In Japan, despite evidence that the paediatric age group holds a lower risk of infection than the older population, there was a nationwide closure of schools as an early public health measure. Acknowledging that school closures brought heightened psychological and physical stress among Japanese children, we aimed to explore vulnerable children’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, focusing on socially disadvantaged subset of the population. This study used an adapted version of the ‘Perceived Stress Scale for Children’, with additional free-text space, delivered online to children attending three non-profit organisations which provide support for this group of vulnerable persons and families experiencing social disadvantage. Simple descriptive analysis was undertaken on the quantitative data; we used thematic and content analysis for the qualitative data.
AUTHOR(S) Johanna W. Hoefnagels; Annelieke B. Schoen; Sabine E. I. van der Laan (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Alexandra Maftei; Ioan-Alex Merlici; Iulia-Cristina Roca (et al.)
UNICEF Innocenti's Children and COVID-19 Library is a database collecting research from around the world on COVID-19 and its impacts on children and adolescents.
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