Impact of COVID -19 on children: special focus on the psychosocial aspect

Ghosh, Ritwik; Dubey, Mahua Jana; Chatterjee, Subhankar; Dubey, Souvik

doi:10.23736/s0026-4946.20.05887-9

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“…Particularly, prior research has shown that social isolation is associated with increased rates of depression in children and adolescents (Loades et al, 2020). To date, however, most of the recent scholarship has been either commentary aimed at policy or practice or research (Wang et al, 2020;Liu et al, 2020;Power et al, 2020;Ghosh, Dubey, Chatterjee, & Dubey, 2020;Golberstein, Wen, & Miller, 2020;Mahajan, Kapoor, & Prabhakar, 2020), or cross-sectional empirical studies (see Pisano, Galimi, & Carniglia, Preprint, April 13 2020) (Xie et al, 2020). Importantly, though, there has been rising awareness of the need for a longitudinal and developmental approach to investigating the mental health effects of COVID-19 (Wade et al, 2020).…”

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Coping and Mental Health in Early Adolescence during COVID-19

Hussong

Midgette

Thomas

et al. 2020

Preprint

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The current longitudinal study examines changes in overall mental health symptomatology from before to after the COVID-19 outbreak in youth from the southeastern United States as well as the potential mitigating effects of self-efficacy, optimism, and coping. A sample of 105 parent-child dyads participated in the study (49% boys; 81% European American, 1% Alaska Native/American Indian, 9% Asian/Asian American; 4% Black/African American; 4% Latinx; and 4% other; 87% mothers; 25% high school graduate without college education; 30% degree from 4-year college; 45% graduate or professional school). Parents completed surveys when children were aged 6-9, 8-12, 9-13, and 12-16, with the last assessments occurring between May 13, 2020 and July 1, 2020 during the COVID-19 outbreak. Children also completed online surveys at ages 11-16 assessing self-efficacy, optimism, and coping. Multi-level modeling analyses showed a within-person increase in mental health symptoms from before to after the outbreak after controlling for changes associated with maturation. Symptom increases were mitigated in youth with greater self-efficacy and (to some extent) problem-focused engaged coping, and exacerbated in youth with greater emotion-focused engaged and disengaged coping. Implications of this work include the importance of reinforcing self-efficacy in youth during times of crisis, such as the pandemic, and the potential downsides of emotion-focused coping as an early response to the crisis for youth.

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Coping and Mental Health in Early Adolescence during COVID-19

Hussong

Midgette

Thomas

et al. 2020

Preprint

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“…The situation is bound to get worse with the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, cases of gender-based violence, in particular, child and early marriages are also on the rise [ 83 , 91 , 92 ]. It is well understood that children of teenage mothers tend to have poor ECD outcomes.…”

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Reorienting Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya: A Review

Shumba

Maina

Mbuthia

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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In Kenya, millions of children have limited access to nurturing care. With the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it is anticipated that vulnerable children will bear the biggest brunt of the direct and indirect impacts of the pandemic. This review aimed to deepen understanding of the effects of COVID-19 on nurturing care from conception to four years of age, a period where the care of children is often delivered through caregivers or other informal platforms. The review has drawn upon the empirical evidence from previous pandemics and epidemics, and anecdotal and emerging evidence from the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Multifactorial impacts fall into five key domains: direct health; health and nutrition systems; economic protection; social and child protection; and child development and early learning. The review proposes program and policy strategies to guide the reorientation of nurturing care, prevent the detrimental effects associated with deteriorating nurturing care environments, and support the optimal development of the youngest and most vulnerable children. These include the provision of cash transfers and essential supplies for vulnerable households and strengthening of community-based platforms for nurturing care. Further research on COVID-19 and the ability of children’s ecology to provide nurturing care is needed, as is further testing of new ideas.

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“…There are psychological and physical burden imposed on children with home confinement and school closure: lack of children-children interaction and inadequate eating patterns generate distress, obesity/malnutrition, depression and many other behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders. Additionally, vulnerable children like those exposed to domestic violence and abuse have no place to shelter 7,8 . Furthermore, in low income countries, the socio-educational disparity may be enhanced, since there is no universal access to audio-visual systems and internet; in addition, some children receive vital nutritional assistance in schools that has been halted since the pandemic began 7 .…”

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Comment regarding pediatric severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2: clinical presentation, infectivity, and immune responses

Ferranti

Degaspare

Mau

et al. 2021

The Journal of Pediatrics

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Impact of COVID -19 on children: special focus on the psychosocial aspect

Cited by 508 publications

References 49 publications

Coping and Mental Health in Early Adolescence during COVID-19

Coping and Mental Health in Early Adolescence during COVID-19

Reorienting Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya: A Review

Comment regarding pediatric severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2: clinical presentation, infectivity, and immune responses

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