Cited by 149COVID-19 and Mental HealthImpact of Technology on AdolescentsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Internet-Related Behaviors and Psychological Distress Among Schoolchildren During COVID-19 School Suspension

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Chen, I-Hua, Chen, Chao-Ying, Pakpour, Amir H., Griffiths, Mark D., Lin, Chung-Ying·2020·Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

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The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection has rapidly grown worldwide,1 and many governments have implemented policies to control the infection rate. For example, school suspension, self-quarantine, requirement of citizens to stay at home,2 travel and border controls, and discouragement of outdoor activities 3 have been used. Although these actions emphasizing the importance of "spatial distancing" are based on the perspective of public health, they may result in health problems other than COVID-19 infection, such as psychological distress and fear.4 Therefore, the present authors examined the potential predictors for psychological distress among schoolchildren during COVID-19 school suspension.

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  • The findings from these studies consistently suggest deteriorating mental health among adolescents because of COVID-19.

    “The findings from these studies consistently suggest deteriorating mental health among adolescents because of COVID‐19 (e.g., Asanov et al., 2021; Chen et al., 2020; Ellis et al., 2020; Tang et al., 2021; Xie et al., 2020).”

    From Adolescents' longitudinal trajectories of mental health and loneliness: The impact of COVID‐19 school closures (2022) · cites this paper as Chen et al., 2020

    The Results passage (indexed under Abstract; page unavailable) reports greater psychological distress at follow-up during the COVID-19 outbreak than at baseline. But Table 1 and the participant description identify the sample as primary-school children, with a mean age of about 11, rather than adolescents; the comparison also does not establish that COVID-19 caused the increase. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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Authors
Chen, I.-H., Chen, C.-Y., Pakpour, A. H., Griffiths, M. D., & Lin, C.-Y.
Affiliations
  • Minnan Normal University (CN)
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
  • Jönköping University (SE)
  • Nottingham Trent University (GB)
Corresponding author
Lin, Chung-Ying
Venue
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-10
Volume
59
Issue
10
Pages
1099-1102.e1
ISSN
0890-8567 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3039383731
Cited by
149
References
7
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 9
FWCI
12.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Qufu Normal University (211_601601)
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, school suspension, psychological distress, elementary school students, predictors of distress, quarantine, child mental health
MeSH terms
Betacoronavirus, Psychological Distress, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Child, Communicable Disease Control, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Population, Quarantine, Coronavirus Infections, Pandemics

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