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

I-Hua Chen; Chao-Ying Chen; Amir H Pakpour; Mark D Griffiths; Chung-Ying Lin

doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2020.06.007

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

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2020 Oct;59(10):1099-1102.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.06.007. Epub 2020 Jun 29.

Authors

I-Hua Chen¹, Chao-Ying Chen², Amir H Pakpour³, Mark D Griffiths⁴, Chung-Ying Lin⁵

Affiliations

¹ Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, China.
² The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
³ Jönköping University, Sweden.
⁴ Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom.
⁵ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong; National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. Electronic address: cylin36933@gmail.com.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Child
Communicable Disease Control / methods
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections* / prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections* / psychology
Humans
Pandemics* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral* / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral* / psychology
Population
Psychological Distress*
Quarantine / psychology*
SARS-CoV-2