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Contributions Of Social Support To Mitigate The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Pediatric Depressive And Irritability Symptoms, Alexandra Mactavish
Contributions Of Social Support To Mitigate The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Pediatric Depressive And Irritability Symptoms, Alexandra Mactavish
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Prior research, including my initial research on the mental health of children inSouthwestern Ontario, highlighted the broad, widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of adults, children, and youth, globally, including the potential for social support to attenuate the harmful impact of the pandemic. Social support, one’s belief that others will help in times of need, may protect against the impact of myriad life stressors on the development of psychopathology. The present study examines the potential for social support to mitigate the longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s irritability and depressive symptoms. Families (N = …
Coping During Covid: Child Technology Use And Coping During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Anissa Barnes
Coping During Covid: Child Technology Use And Coping During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Anissa Barnes
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Many children spend a significant amount of time using technology throughout the day. This was particularly true during the COVID-19 pandemic, as many activities that had initially been conducted in-person had to transition to an online modality. Some technology use could be seen as beneficial, whereas others could be seen as harmful. The present study used baseline data from a longitudinal study examining the effects of COVID-19 on child mental health to explore how technology had been used during the pandemic, as well as the perceived benefits and problems associated with its use. In total, 190 families (190 caregivers and …
Self-Esteem, Resilience, Social Support, And Acculturative Stress As Predictors Of Loneliness In Chinese Internal Migrant Children: A Model-Testing Longitudinal Study, Ben C.H. Kuo, Siqi Huang, Xiaoyan Li, Danhua Lin
Self-Esteem, Resilience, Social Support, And Acculturative Stress As Predictors Of Loneliness In Chinese Internal Migrant Children: A Model-Testing Longitudinal Study, Ben C.H. Kuo, Siqi Huang, Xiaoyan Li, Danhua Lin
Psychology Publications
The present study examined the risk and protective factors of loneliness among Chinese internal migrant children (CIMC) in Beijing, China, including self-esteem, resilience, social support, and acculturative stress. Longitudinal survey data were collected from a large sample of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade CIMC from three schools in Beijing, at four time points (N=862 at T1 to N=837 at T4) over a 20-month period. Grounded in the Cultural and Contextual Model of Coping and the Acculturation Theory, two predictor models of loneliness were tested with path analysis. The results yielded the following: a) the two predictor models fit the data …