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de Paiva RERP, de Paula JJ, Costa DDS, da Silva LG, Malloy-Diniz LF, Romano-Silva MA, de Miranda DM. Children and adolescents' quality of life in repeated cross-sectional studies during the COVID-19. J Health Psychol 2024:13591053241235068. [PMID: 38439508 DOI: 10.1177/13591053241235068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024] Open
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, internalizing and externalizing symptoms have impacted the quality of life of children and adolescents. This cross-sectional study evaluated children's quality of life using parental reports, observing associations with mental health problems and sociodemographic variables. Some behavioral measures were linked to lower quality of life, particularly depression symptoms, relationship problems, and inattention. Multiple regression models indicated that reduced children's quality of life (R2 = 36%) was associated with higher levels of internalizing (r = -0.46) and externalizing (r = -0.23) behavioral problems and younger parents (r = -0.08). Children with previous mental disorder diagnoses had lower quality of life than those without (p < 0.001). In summary, children's quality of life during the COVID-19 pandemic was linked to current mental health, parental age, and previous history of mental disorders.
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Borualogo IS, Casas F. Sibling Bullying, School Bullying, and Children's Subjective Well-Being Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia. CHILD INDICATORS RESEARCH 2023; 16:1203-1232. [PMID: 36785618 PMCID: PMC9907181 DOI: 10.1007/s12187-023-10013-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The aims of this study are threefold. The first aim is to examine the prevalence of sibling and school bullying before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The second aim is to investigate the subjective well-being (SWB) of children who were bullied or never bullied before and during COVID-19. The third aim is to investigate factors associated with sibling and school bullying before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses two separate cross-sectional datasets from the Children's Worlds survey in Indonesia. Data in Study 1 were collected in October 2017 (N = 12,794; 48.2% boys; 51.8% girls, mean age = 10.56), while data in Study 2 were collected from July to September 2021 (N = 2,222; 46.1% boys; 53.9% girls; mean age = 10.77). Five items were used to measure sibling and school bullying. The five-item version of the Children's Worlds Subjective Well-Being Scale (CW-SWBS5) was used as the SWB indicator. Three groups of independent variables (family, friends and school climate) were analysed using linear regression to investigate the contribution of each variable to sibling and school bullying. Results show that the prevalence of sibling bullying during the COVID-19 pandemic is higher than before the pandemic, while the frequency of school bullying incidents during COVID-19 is lower than before COVID-19. SWB scores of children during COVID-19 are lower than SWB scores of children before the COVID-19 pandemic, both for bullied or never-bullied children. The fact that children report that parents listen to them and take what they say into account is positively associated with a lower frequency of being bullied at home before and during COVID-19 and being bullied at school only during the pandemic. Although samples are not strictly comparable, the SWB indicators used in both studies showed sensitivity to the changes in children's lives in previous studies. Therefore, the SWB indicators are supposed to be sensitive to changes associated with children's new everyday life COVID-19 has implied.
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- Ihsana Sabriani Borualogo
- Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Islam Bandung, Jln. Tamansari No. 1, 40116 Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
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- Doctoral Program on Education and Society, Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago, Chile
- Research Institute on Quality of Life, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
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Schnettler B, Concha-Salgado A, Orellana L, Saracostti M, Miranda-Zapata E, Poblete H, Lobos G, Adasme-Berríos C, Lapo M, Beroíza K, Riquelme L. Revisiting the link between domain satisfaction and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic: Job-related moderators in triadic analysis in dual-earner parents with adolescent children. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1108336. [PMID: 36815165 PMCID: PMC9939631 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1108336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Introduction Research has evaluated the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns on individuals' life satisfaction, but wellbeing interrelations between family members in this context have been less explored. This study examined the spillover and crossover effects of one parent's job satisfaction (JS), satisfaction with family life (SWFaL) and satisfaction with food-related life (SWFoL) on their own, their partner's, and their adolescent children's life satisfaction (LS), and the influence of adolescents' SWFaL and SWFoL on their own and their parents' LS, in dual-earner families with adolescents. The moderating role of job-related variables of both parents were also explored. Methods Questionnaires were administered to 860 dual-earner parents with adolescents in two cities in Chile during 2020. Mothers and fathers answered the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale and the three family members answered the Satisfaction with Life Scale, the Satisfaction with Family Life Scale and the Satisfaction with Food-related Life Scale. Results Using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model and structural equation modeling, we found that fathers' LS was positively associated with their own JS, SWFaL and SWFoL (spillover), and negatively with adolescents' SWFoL (crossover). Likewise, mothers' LS was positively associated with their own JS, SWFaL and SWFoL (spillover), with fathers' and adolescents' SWFaL, and negatively with adolescents' SWFoL. Adolescents' LS was positively associated with their own SWFaL and SWFoL (spillover), and with their fathers' JS, and negatively with their fathers' SWFoL. JS showed gendered patterns in spillover and crossover associations. Parents' type of employment, mothers' working hours and city of residence moderated some spillover and crossover associations for father-mother and parent-adolescent dyads. Discussion These findings suggest that, for dual-earner parents with adolescents, improving individuals' LS requires interventions that should be carried out not individually, but at a family level.
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- Berta Schnettler
- Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Medioambiente, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Scientific and Technological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN-UFRO), Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Centro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- Centro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
- Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de la Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Escuela de Trabajo Social, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
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- Facultad de Educación, Centro de Investigación Escolar y Desarrollo (CIED-UCT), Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
- Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Temuco, Chile
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- Centro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador
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- Centro de Excelencia en Psicología Económica y del Consumo, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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Peng Z, Yang S, Wang C, Bian X, Zhang X. Community pandemic prevention and control measures and their influence on citizen satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION : IJDRR 2023; 85:103494. [PMID: 36567742 PMCID: PMC9767881 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 12/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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At the forefront of the fight against the pandemic, the community' s measures and services would have a greater impact than ever before on citizen satisfaction. However, the influence of citizen satisfaction on community pandemic prevention and control measures (CPPCM) during the pandemic is poorly understood. This study aims to investigate the allocation of CPPCM and its impact on CS. The Chinese national data was analyzed for the outcome. (1) Pandemic prevention propaganda (PPP), disinfection (DT), and body temperature tests (BTTs) were the primary measures taken by the Chinese community. (2) The CS for pandemic prevention and control is high, and urban and central Chinese communities express greater satisfaction. (3) The impact of disinfection, body temperature tests, free supplies, and assistance purchasing supplies on CS was greater in rural areas than in urban areas. (4) Regional variations exist in the impact of CS on CPPCM. (5) The number of measures has an inverted U-shaped relationship with citizen satisfaction. This study also suggests that the government should disseminate information about pandemic prevention in a timely manner, provide basic health and medical services, and evaluate the measures taken to avoid the discount effect.
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- Zhengbo Peng
- School of Public Administration and Communication, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- School of Public Administration and Communication, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
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- School of Marxism, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin, 541004, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, 350108, China
- School of Government, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China
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Fray L, Jaremus F, Gore J, Harris J. Schooling upheaval during COVID-19: troubling consequences for students' return to school. AUSTRALIAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER 2022; 50:1-18. [PMID: 36157081 PMCID: PMC9489483 DOI: 10.1007/s13384-022-00572-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Efforts to contain the COVID-19 virus resulted in various stay-at-home orders and school closures around the globe, causing unprecedented disruption to the lives of children and generating grave concern for their well-being. This study draws on phone interviews with 12 teachers and 6 school leaders from 13 government schools in New South Wales, Australia, to provide insight into how students fared on their return to school after the first wave of COVID-19 in 2020. The interviews highlighted negative consequences for many students including increased stress and anxiety and decreased engagement. This evidence suggests that even a comparatively short period of school closure can drive troubling changes in students' well-being and behaviour following their return to school. Given far more challenging conditions arising from the pandemic, both elsewhere in Australia and globally, we argue that attending to student well-being is as important as ensuring academic achievement and must be a key focus of policy makers and education systems moving forward.
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- Leanne Fray
- CT Building, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia
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- CT Building, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia
- Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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- CT Building, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia
- Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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- CT Building, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia
- Teachers and Teaching Research Centre, School of Education, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
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