Psychological distress and internet-related behaviors between schoolchildren with and without overweight during the COVID-19 outbreak

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 677 - 686
• Main Authors: Chen, Chao-Ying, Chen, I-Hua, O’Brien, Kerry S., Latner, Janet D., Lin, Chung-Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2021; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/700/1720; 692/700/478; Adolescent; Anxiety; Body weight; Child; China - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Cross-Sectional Studies; Digital media; Elementary school students; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Fear; Female; Health aspects; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Humans; Infections; Internal Medicine; Internet; Internet Use - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental depression; Mental health; Metabolic Diseases; Obesity in children; Online social networks; Overweight; Overweight - epidemiology; Overweight - psychology; Pandemics; Pediatric research; Psychological aspects; Psychological Distress; Psychological stress; Public Health; Regression analysis; Regression models; Smartphones; Social networks; Social policy; Stigma; Stress; Stress (Psychology); Stress, Psychological - epidemiology; Students - psychology; Students - statistics & numerical data; Surveys; Viral diseases; China

Objective The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and its resulting social policy changes may result in psychological distress among schoolchildren with overweight. This study thus aimed to (1) compare psychological distress (including fear of COVID-19 infection, stress, anxiety, and...