在COVID-19大流行期间,学校儿童的心理健康问题
Kristin Martinsen1,2, Carina Lisøy2, Tore Wentzel-Larsen2
1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Frontiers in psychology
|February 8, 2024
概括
随着COVID-19大流行,儿童的焦虑和抑郁症增加,降低了他们的生活质量. 孤独也成为大流行对儿童的限制的重要后果.
科学领域:
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19大流行,社会距离和隔离措施被引入,这大大改变了儿童的日常生活.
- 这些变化可能会增加家庭冲突,减少社会互动,增加儿童焦虑和抑郁的风险.
- 降低生活质量也是这段时间儿童的潜在后果.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较COVID-19大流行之前和期间儿童的焦虑和抑郁症状水平.
- 调查是否先前存在的焦虑或抑郁预测了儿童对大流行相关挑战的反应.
- 检查焦虑,抑郁和特定焦虑亚型对儿童在疫情期间生活质量的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及56所学校1843名8-12岁的学龄儿童的多波横截面研究.
- 数据收集持续了2.5年,涵盖了大流行前和期间的时期.
- 自我报告的焦虑和抑郁症状是主要结果,而生活质量是次要的衡量标准. 与COVID相关的问题使用自编制的比例表进行评估. 使用了线性回归和相互作用模型.
主要成果:
- 与大流行前的数据相比,儿童在所有大流行浪潮中表现出更高水平的焦虑和抑郁症状.
- 在疫情期间,生活质量显著下降,特别是在患有普遍焦虑症状的儿童中.
- 孤独与生活质量有负面关联,并成为流行病相关限制的显著后果.
结论:
- COVID-19 流行病与焦虑和抑郁症状的增加以及儿童生活质量的降低有关.
- 疫情相关的封锁和限制可能导致了这种心理负担和增加的孤独感.
- 进一步的研究是必要的,以了解长期影响儿童的心理健康和潜在的轨迹向内化障碍.
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