COVID-19 Lockdown and Social Capital Changes Among Youths in China

Luo, Miyang; Zhang, Dong; Shen, Pengyue; Yin, Yue; Jia, Peng

doi:10.34172/ijhpm.2021.17

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“…However, questions on each activity at three stages were placed next to each other, so their answers could reasonably be treated as good indicators for their lifestyle changes. 10 Second, variation in understanding the same questions among different individuals, especially across different educational levels, might affect the comparability of results among different educational groups. Third, the applicability of the IPAQ form to the current context need to be further evaluated.…”

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Impact of Implementing and Lifting COVID-19 Lockdown on Study and Physical Activity Patterns Among Youths in China

Yang

Jia

2023

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Introduction The youths’ study and physical activity (PA) patterns may have been affected by lockdown measures due to COVID-19. This study aimed to reveal how youths’ study and PA patterns had changed after implementing and lifting COVID-19 lockdown in China. Methods The COVID-19 Impact on Lifestyle Change Survey (COINLICS) was used, where 10,082 youth participants have voluntarily reported their study and PA patterns in the three periods before, during, and after COVID-19 lockdown. PA was measured as the weekly frequency of engaging in active transport for commuting/errands, leisure-time walking, leisure-time moderate-/vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA), and moderate-/vigorous-intensity housework (MVH); study patterns were measured as the daily average study time and the major study modes. We assessed differences of these variables across educational levels, sexes, and periods. Results The significant decreases were generally observed during lockdown in the frequency of active transport for commuting/errands (1.3 to 0.2 days/week), leisure-time walking (1.0 to 0.2 days/week), leisure-time MVPA (0.7 to 0.3 days/week), and MVH (2.3 to 2.0 days/week), with heterogeneities existing between sexes and across educational levels, except for the increase in MVH engagement among graduate students, especially female (1.5 to 2.4 days/week). Rebounds were observed in the frequency of all activities except MVH after lifting lockdown (2.0 to 1.9 days/week). The average study time generally increased during lockdown, with more youths studying for 1-4 hours/day and less studying for <1 hour/day, and further increased after lockdown. A main shift of study modes has been from in-class to online study after implementing lockdown. Conclusions The youths’ PA level have generally decreased and study patterns significantly changed during and after lockdown in China. Our results would inform policy-makers and education administrators of the declined PA levels and changed study patterns among youths during COVID-19 lockdown for better policy making. In-class and/or extracurricular PA programs could be designed to counteract those effects under cooperation of youths’ parents.

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Impact of Implementing and Lifting COVID-19 Lockdown on Study and Physical Activity Patterns Among Youths in China

Yang

Jia

2023

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“…Ever since the Second World War and the 1918 influenza pandemic, the world has not faced such unprecedented unrest like the COVID-19 pandemic due to its contagion, lack of community immunization, and uncertainty. Adolescents could be mentally sensitive to sustained stressors such as the COVID-19 pandemic [ 19 ]. A previous meta-analysis revealed that trauma exposure was significantly associated with higher odds of depression among adolescents [ 20 ].…”

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Bilateral associations between sleep duration and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

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“…Many researchers have recommended that various health support materials be provided for individuals exposed to COVID-19 pandemic to potentially relieve their long-term mental health disorders that develop due to this pandemic. These include online peersupport interventions (68), cyber-counseling (69), and digital mental health services (70), which could help to detect early psychological problems and avoid mental symptom deterioration (71)(72)(73)(74).…”

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Mental Disorders and Emotional Competence Among Chinese Adolescents Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Mediation Model

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Yuan²,

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Background: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound influence on the mental health and well-being of individuals across the globe. Emotional competence, defined as one's ability to recognize, understand, and manage their emotions, has been found linked with mental health problems (e.g., depression and anxiety) in previous studies. However, there is limited knowledge about the direction of the association between these factors among populations exposed to COVID-19. This study examined the possible mediation relationships between depression, anxiety, emotional competence, and COVID-19 exposure among Chinese adolescents.Methods: Responses from 7,958 Chinese adolescents who had previously taken part in a two-wave study before (December 23, 2019–January 13, 2020) and during COVID-19 (June 16, 2020–July 8, 2020) were analyzed (51.67% males, mean age = 11.74, SD = 2.15). Structural equation modeling with three covariates (i.e., age, gender, and ethnicity) was used to test the longitudinal mediation relationships between COVID-19 exposure and depression, anxiety via emotional competence.Results: Results indicated that the prevalence of depression (38.67 to 36.74%) and anxiety (13.02 to 12.77%) decreased from Time 1 to Time 2. The T2 emotional competence significantly mediated the relationship between T2 COVID-19 exposure and T2 anxiety (indirect effect [95% CI] = 0.011 [0.004–0.019], p < 0.05). T2 emotional competence also significantly mediated the relationship between T2 COVID-19 exposure and T2 depression (indirect effect [95% CI] = 0.013 [0.005–0.022], p < 0.05). The results indicated that T2 emotional competence had a significant and negative influence on T2 anxiety (β = −0.266, SE = 0.005, p < 0.001), and T2 depression (β = −0.326, SE = 0.029, p < 0.001).Conclusions: This longitudinal research study demonstrated the crucial role of emotional competence in influencing the severity of long-term mental health problems, and suggested that emotional competence interventions can be conducted to improve mental well-being among Chinese adolescents exposed to COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Lockdown and Social Capital Changes Among Youths in China

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Impact of Implementing and Lifting COVID-19 Lockdown on Study and Physical Activity Patterns Among Youths in China

Impact of Implementing and Lifting COVID-19 Lockdown on Study and Physical Activity Patterns Among Youths in China

Bilateral associations between sleep duration and depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mental Disorders and Emotional Competence Among Chinese Adolescents Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Mediation Model

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