COVID-19 and Student Well-Being: Stress and Mental Health during Return-to-School

被引:108
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作者
Schwartz, Kelly Dean [1 ]
Exner-Cortens, Deinera [2 ,3 ,4 ]
McMorris, Carly A. [5 ]
Makarenko, Erica [6 ]
Arnold, Paul [7 ,8 ]
Van Bavel, Marisa [1 ]
Williams, Sarah [1 ]
Canfield, Rachel [9 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calgary, Sch & Appl Child Psychol, Werklund Sch Educ, 2500 Univ Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
[2] Univ Calgary, Dept Psychol, Fac Arts, Childhood Hlth Promot, Calgary, AB, Canada
[3] Univ Calgary, Fac Social Work, Calgary, AB, Canada
[4] Univ Calgary, Dept Psychiat, Cumming Sch Med, Calgary, AB, Canada
[5] Univ Calgary, Sch & Appl Child Psychol Program, Calgary, AB, Canada
[6] Univ Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
[7] Univ Calgary, Mathison Ctr Mental Hlth Res & Educ, AIHS Translat Hlth Chair Child & Youth Mental Hlt, Dept Psychiat, Calgary, AB, Canada
[8] Univ Calgary, Mathison Ctr Mental Hlth Res & Educ, Calgary, AB, Canada
[9] Univ Calgary, Dept Psychol, Fac Arts, Calgary, AB, Canada
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
COVID-19; secondary education/adolescence; social and educational environment; health and wellbeing; coping; mental health; stress; high school; participants; junior high school; ADOLESCENTS; SYMPTOMS; CHILDREN; ATTENDANCE; VALIDITY; DISORDER; IMPACT; YOUTH;
D O I
10.1177/08295735211001653
中图分类号
G44 [教育心理学];
学科分类号
0402 ; 040202 ;
摘要
Students have been multiply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic: threats to their own and their family's health, the closure of schools, and pivoting to online learning in March 2020, a long summer of physical distancing, and then the challenge of returning to school in fall 2020. As damaging as the physical health effects of a global pandemic are, much has been speculated about the "second wave" of mental health crises, particularly for school-aged children and adolescents. Yet, few studies have asked students about their experiences during the pandemic. The present study engaged with over two thousand (N=2,310; 1,288 female; M-age = 14.5) 12- to 18-year-old Alberta students during their first few weeks of return-to-school in fall 2020. Students completed an online survey that asked about their perceptions of COVID-19, their fall return-to-school experiences (84.9% returned in-person), their self-reported pandemic-related stress, and their behavior, affect, and cognitive functioning in the first few weeks of September. The majority of students (84.9%) returned to school in person. Students reported moderate and equal concern for their health, family confinement, and maintaining social contact. Student stress levels were also above critical thresholds for 25% of the sample, and females and older adolescents (age 15-18 years) generally reported higher stress indicators as compared to males and younger (age 12-1 4 years) adolescents. Multivariate analysis showed that stress indicators were positively and significantly correlated with self-reported concerns (i.e., conduct problems, negative affect, and cognitive/inattention), and that stress arousal (e.g., sleep problems, hypervigilance) accounted for significant variance in behavioral concerns. Results are discussed in the context of how schools can provide both universal responses to students during COVID-19 knowing that most students are coping well, while some may require more targeted strategies to address stress arousal and heightened negative affect.
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页码:166 / 185
页数:20
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