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Deer G, Wu H, Zhang L, Tadesse E, Khalid S, Duan C, Tian W, Gao C. Effect of out-of-school visual art activities on academic performance. The mediating role of socioeconomic status. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298901. [PMID: 38743722 PMCID: PMC11093298 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
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The application of visual art and other extracurricular activities to children's sustainable development is predominantly discussed in Western countries. Consequently, non-Western society could not cherish the benefit of visual art on their children's cognitive and non-cognitive skill development due to a lack of evidence that would revive the community, educators, and policy-makers' impressions about visual art activities, in addition to its amusement use. Thus, the present study adopted a cross-sectional study comprised of a large-scale survey (N = 1624) taken from the southwest part of China to assess the impact of out-of-school visual art activities on children's academic attainment across economically advantaged and disadvantaged children. Astonishingly, the study's findings shed light on current Chinese parents' dedication to purchasing out-of-school activities regardless of their social class difference; notwithstanding, lower-class parents ought to learn that spending time with their children during their activities is more beneficial. The study's implication calls for curriculum policy reform involving aesthetic education and expanding community youth centers for different extracurricular activities.
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- Genman Deer
- Faculty of Education and human development, The Education University of Hong Kong Faculty of Education and Human Development New Territories, Taipo, New Territories, Hong Kong
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- School of Education Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Faculty of Education, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, China
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- College of Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- College of Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- The Greater Bay Area Institute of Educational Research, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Professional Higher Education college, Yunnan Arts University, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China
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- Faculty of Education, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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Deer G, Tadesse E, Chen Z, Khalid S, Gao C. The impact of Chinese adolescents visual art participation on self-efficacy: A serial mediating role of cognition and emotion. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0288379. [PMID: 37992032 PMCID: PMC10664882 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/24/2023] Open
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A large volume of evidence indicates that only high-class students attend extracurricular activities (Art, music, sport, dancing). On the other hand, this evidence intensively underlines the substantial importance of such extracurricular activities, particularly in visual art, in promoting children's cognitive and non-cognitive well-being. Adolescents' participation in visual art was always interrelated with enhancing their emotional affection towards the Art and cognitive skill in making one, which ultimately built solid efficacy that allows them to interact with their society. The present cross-sectional study sought to shed light on the potential impact of visual art on adolescents' emotional, cognition, and self-efficacy development, which needs to be improved in the Chinese context. Hence, randomly sampled (N = 2139) junior secondary school students were recruited from the rural province of Guizhou in Southwest China to attain the aim of the study. The study's finding affirms that students engaged in artistic activities start to develop a habit of communicating with their peers, showing their work, and commenting on works made by their peers or observed in art exhibitions or museums; such a process makes them self-efficacious. Ultimately, this paper extends the application of visual art activities from educational benefits to nonacademic development, which are the primary agents for children's well-being.
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- Genman Deer
- Faculty of Education and Human Development, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- College of Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Zhejiang, China
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- Center for Studies of Education and Psychology of Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Zhejiang, China
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- Faculty of Education, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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Lee JB, Ross KM, Ntanda H, Fiest KM, Letourneau N. Mothers' and Children's Mental Distress and Family Strain during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Cohort Study. CHILDREN (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 10:1725. [PMID: 38002816 PMCID: PMC10670161 DOI: 10.3390/children10111725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic had a widespread impact on families with dependent children. To better understand the impact of the pandemic on families' health and relationships, we examined the association between mothers' and children's mental distress and family strain. METHODS Three waves of the COVID-19 Impact Survey were analyzed, collected from a subsample of mother-child pairs (n = 157) from the Alberta Pregnancy Outcomes and Nutrition (APrON) longitudinal cohort in Alberta, Canada. Latent class analyses were performed to determine patterns and group memberships in mothers' and children's mental distress and family strain. Multivariable logistic regression models were conducted to test associations between mothers' and children's mental distress and family strain trajectory classes. RESULTS Mothers with medium/high levels of mental distress were at increased odds of experiencing high family strain compared to those with low levels of distress (medium aOR = 3.90 [95% CI: 1.08-14.03]; high aOR = 4.57 [95% CI: 1.03-20.25]). The association between children's mental distress and family strain was not significant (aOR = 1.75 [95% CI: 0.56-5.20]). CONCLUSION Mothers' mental distress, but not children's, was associated with family strain during the pandemic. More distressed individuals experienced greater family strain over time, suggesting that this association may become a chronic problem.
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- Janelle Boram Lee
- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; (J.B.L.); (K.M.F.)
- Owerko Centre, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T3B 2X9, Canada;
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Social Sciences, Athabasca University, Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3, Canada;
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- Owerko Centre, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T3B 2X9, Canada;
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; (J.B.L.); (K.M.F.)
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada; (J.B.L.); (K.M.F.)
- Owerko Centre, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T3B 2X9, Canada;
- Department of Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- Faculty of Nursing, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
- Department of Paediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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Tadesse E, Khalid S, Gao C, Legese MA. Do Chinese children need parental supervision to manage their out-of-school visual art activities and academic work time? Front Psychol 2022; 13:987644. [PMID: 36186354 PMCID: PMC9516296 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.987644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Unlike in Western countries, scholars and the Chinese government pay less attention to the role of extracurricular activities (ECAs) in fostering children's cognitive and non-cognitive well-being. Accordingly, essential ECAs such as visual arts programs are serviced by expensive privately owned schools, creating social injustice. The primary aim of the current study is to examine whether children benefit from ECAs if parental support and guidance for managing time spent on ECAs and academics exist based on the threshold model. The study comprised over 2,400 primary school students in one Chinese province and considered the SES of the area. Surprisingly, the present study's findings illustrate that contemporary Chinese parents differ from traditionally aggressive and overbearing parents who do not value their children's interests. However, the current study finding suggested that children's participation in out-of-school visual art activities doesn't have a substantial value in promoting children's academic performance in the face of genuine interest and supportive parenting, which negates the threshold model.
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- Endale Tadesse
- College of Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- College of Teacher Education, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China
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- Faculty of Education, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China,*Correspondence: Chunhai Gao,
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COVID-19 and Vulnerable Children Well-Being: Interview with Left-Behind Children in Rural China. CHILDREN 2022; 9:children9091317. [PMID: 36138627 PMCID: PMC9498038 DOI: 10.3390/children9091317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Purpose of the study: This study sought to explore the psychological well-being, academic adjustment, and quality of parental attachment of LBC during COVID-19 based on Left-Behind Children’s (LBC) word of mouth. Method: In light of the abundance of quantitative studies, this qualitative study explored the psychological, academic, and parental attachment experiences of rural LBC during COVID-19. To this end, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 LBCs aged 10–15 in May 2021. Result: The study results reveal that LBCs developed severe psychological illnesses after the pandemic severely disrupted their already disturbed lives. Our findings showed that most LBCs feel they do not need their parents, which reflects their long record of hopelessness and agony regarding the absence of their parents. Conclusion: Although COVID-19 is a global problem, its impact was particularly devastating for LBCs who have nobody around who could help them with their academic, personal and social need. In the modern COVID-19 era, it seems that Chinese grandparenting has become unreliable in the face of radical change in contemporary Education, society, and the economic system. Therefore, this study suggests that the Chinese government should seek to identify and monitor these children by working with NGOs that target such children.
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