The Role of Online Schooling, Screen-Based Activities, and Parent Coping in Canadian Children's COVID-19-Related Trauma and Anxiety Symptoms
The Role of Online Schooling, Screen-Based Activities, and Parent Coping in Canadian Children's COVID-19-Related Trauma and Anxiety Symptoms
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10.3390/psychiatryint2020014
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发表时间：
2021-06-01
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Maclachlan, Madison
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Guimond, Fanny-Alexandra;Smith, Jonathan;Maclachlan, Madison
本研究调查了在线教育和基于屏幕的活动对加拿大儿童与covid -19相关的创伤和广泛性焦虑症状的影响，以及父母的应对策略如何影响这些关联。参与者是121名7至12岁的加拿大儿童。父母被要求报告他们孩子的出勤率、基于屏幕的活动、创伤和广泛性焦虑症状，以及他们自己在COVID-19大流行期间的应对策略。与不上学相比，在线教育与儿童创伤和广泛性焦虑症状的关系更小。基于屏幕的活动与儿童的创伤和焦虑症状没有直接联系，但父母应对大流行压力源的方式缓和了这些联系。父母积极和适应性的应对策略减轻了不上学和增加基于屏幕的活动对儿童covid -19相关症状的影响。调查结果不仅强调了学校完全关闭的有害影响，而且还强调了更好地装备家长以应对大流行压力的重要性。研究结果还表明，虚拟学校出勤可能与亲自出勤有类似的好处，因为它似乎可以防止不良的心理健康后果。
This study investigated the effects of online schooling and screen-based activities on Canadian children's COVID-19-related trauma and generalized anxiety symptoms and how parents' coping strategies influenced these associations. The participants were 121 Canadian children aged from 7 to 12. Parents were asked to report on their children's school attendance, screen-based activities, and trauma and generalized anxiety symptoms, as well as their own coping strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online schooling was associated with less trauma and generalized anxiety symptoms in children than school non-attendance. Screen-based activities were not directly associated with children's trauma and anxiety symptoms, but the way parents coped with pandemic stressors moderated these associations. Parents' active and adaptive coping strategies mitigated the effects of school non-attendance and increased screen-based activity use on children's COVID-19-related symptoms. The findings not only highlight the detrimental effects of complete school closures, but they also underscore the importance of better equipping parents to cope with pandemic stressors. The findings also suggest that virtual school attendance might have similar benefits to in-person attendance, as it appears to protect against adverse mental health outcomes.