Internet-Related Behaviors and Psychological Distress Among Schoolchildren During COVID-19 School Suspension

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection has rapidly grown worldwide,1 and many governments have implemented policies to control the infection rate. For example, school suspension, self-quarantine, requirement of citizens to stay at home,2 travel and border controls, and discouragemen...

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Published inJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 59; no. 10; pp. 1099 - 1102.e1
Main Authors Chen, I-Hua, Chen, Chao-Ying, Pakpour, Amir H., Griffiths, Mark D., Lin, Chung-Ying
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2020
Elsevier BV
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Subjects
Academic achievement
Behavior
Betacoronavirus
Child
Communicable Disease Control - methods
Consent
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Elementary School Students
Health problems
Humans
Illnesses
Individualized education programs
Individualized Instruction
Infections
Internet access
Letter to the Editor
Likert scale
Online instruction
Pandemics - prevention & control
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - psychology
Population
Psychiatric/Mental Health
Psychological Distress
Public health
Quantitative psychology
Quarantine
Quarantine - psychology
SARS-CoV-2
Schools
Smartphones
Social networks
Students
Suspension
Teaching
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Summary:The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection has rapidly grown worldwide,1 and many governments have implemented policies to control the infection rate. For example, school suspension, self-quarantine, requirement of citizens to stay at home,2 travel and border controls, and discouragement of outdoor activities3 have been used. Although these actions emphasizing the importance of “spatial distancing” are based on the perspective of public health, they may result in health problems other than COVID-19 infection, such as psychological distress and fear.4 Therefore, the present authors examined the potential predictors for psychological distress among schoolchildren during COVID-19 school suspension.
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ISSN:0890-8567
1527-5418
1527-5418
DOI:10.1016/j.jaac.2020.06.007