COVID-19对福祉的影响:威尔士儿童的观点
Jennifer Hampton1, Colette McAuley2
1Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales.
概括
随着COVID-19大流行,威尔士的儿童生活发生了重大变化,影响了家庭关系和学校满意度. 较年长的孩子报告了更多的负面经历,特别是在教育方面,突出了加剧的不平等.
科学领域:
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 教育研究教育研究
背景情况:
- 由于COVID-19大流行,政府需要采取广泛的限制措施,包括关闭学校和限制社会互动.
- 这些措施深刻影响了儿童的日常生活,环境和整体福祉.
- 国际儿童指标协会开发了儿童世界:COVID-19补充书,以评估这些影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查COVID-19大流行及其相关限制对威尔士儿童的影响.
- 分析疫情期间儿童环境,福祉和人际关系的变化.
- 检查不同年龄组的学童之间的经验和满意度水平的差异.
主要方法:
- 2021年,威尔士18所学校的6年级和8年级的727名儿童接受了一项调查.
- 这项匿名调查收集了有关儿童的情况,幸福感和在疫情期间感知到的变化的数据.
- 数据分析的重点是比较年轻 (6年级) 和年长 (8年级) 儿童之间的反应.
主要成果:
- 孩子们经历了重大的生活变化,包括学校关闭,家庭限制,以及与大家庭和朋友的联系减少.
- 近一半的参与者觉得与他们同居的家庭成员的关系有所改善,许多人报告变得更加亲密.
- 较年长的孩子 (8年级) 总体上报告的积极体验较少,特别是对学校学习内容的不满,与较年轻的孩子相比,学校满意度的差异更大.
结论:
- 随着COVID-19的流行和限制,儿童的生活发生了重大变化,对家庭和同龄人关系产生了不同的影响.
- 在学校满意度方面出现了显著的差异,年龄较大的学生表达了更大的不满.
- 调查结果表明,疫情加剧了威尔士学童现有的教育不平等,反映了全球观察到的趋势.
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