The Relationship Between Children's Problematic Internet-related Behaviors and Psychological Distress During the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study
The Relationship Between Children's Problematic Internet-related Behaviors and Psychological Distress During the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Study
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DOI：
10.1097/adm.0000000000000845
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发表时间：
2022-03-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Latner, Janet D.
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作者：
Chen, Chao-Ying;Chen, I-Hua;Latner, Janet D.
背景：2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行的爆发对全球包括学童的心理健康产生了负面影响。政府要求呆在家里，避免社交和学校环境，可能会通过改变各种行为，如有问题的电话和互联网的使用，影响心理健康，但在这个问题上缺乏研究。本研究调查了COVID-19的爆发是否可能影响有问题的智能手机使用（PSU）、有问题的游戏（PG）和心理困扰，特别是PSU、PG和学童心理困扰之间的关系模式。方法：对575名小学儿童进行心理困扰、PSU和PG的纵向数据收集，分三波进行：第一波和第二波在疫情前进行，第三波在疫情期间进行。交叉滞后面板模型用于检查三个波之间因素之间的关系。结果：交叉滞后模型发现，在COVID-19爆发前，较高的PSU水平与更大的心理困扰没有显著的前瞻性相关性，但在COVID-19爆发期间，这种前瞻性关系变得显著。尽管PG在COVID-19爆发前（即在第1波和第2波之间）与心理困扰相关，但在COVID-19封锁期间（即在第2波和第3波之间），这种关联变得不显著。结论：新冠肺炎疫情似乎改变了小学生PSU与心理困扰、PG与心理困扰之间的预期关系。未来的研究应该考察对学童的限制或向学童提供的信息是否会加剧psu对心理困扰的影响。
Background: The outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has generated negative effects on psychological well-being worldwide, including in schoolchildren. Government requirements to stay at home and avoid social and school settings may impact psychological well-being by modifying various behaviors such as problematic phone and Internet use, yet there is a paucity of research on this issue. This study examined whether the COVID-19 outbreak may have impacted problematic smartphone use (PSU), problematic gaming (PG), and psychological distress, specifically the pattern of relationships between PSU, PG, and psychological distress in schoolchildren. Methods: Longitudinal data on psychological distress, PSU, and PG were collected from 575 children in primary schools in 3 waves: Waves 1 and 2 were conducted before the COVID-19 outbreak and Wave 3 during the outbreak. Cross-lagged panel models were used to examine relationships between factors across the 3 waves. Results: Cross-lagged models found that higher levels of PSU were not significantly related prospectively to greater psychological distress before the COVID-19 outbreak, but this prospective relationship became significant during the COVID-19 outbreak. Whereas PG was associated prospectively with psychological distress before the COVID-19 outbreak (ie, between Waves 1 and 2), this association became nonsignificant during the COVID-19 lockdown (ie, between Waves 2 and 3). Conclusions: The COVID-19 outbreak has seemed to change prospective relationships between PSU and psychological distress and PG and psychological distress in schoolchildren. Future research should examine whether restrictions on or information provided to schoolchildren may exacerbate PSUs effects on psychological distress.