What predicts the alleviation of Covid-related future anxiety in schoolchildren 6 to 9 months into the pandemic?

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although the first COVID-19-related lockdown in the Spring of 2020 has contributed to an increase in mental health problems in many children worldwide, less is known about the longer-term effects of the pandemic on their (future) anxiety. This article examines resilience factors against children's Covid-relatedfut ure anxiety (CRFA).

Methods

N = 140 children (48,6% female) in 3rd and 4th grade classrooms in Northern Germany were asked to self-report about their CRFA, their anxiety, and the social climate in their classrooms in September (T1) and December 2020 (T2).

Results

Results indicate that 18.6% of the children experienced CRFA "often" in at least one item of the CRFA scale at T1. CRFA was more pronounced in girls and in children from immigran

SUBMITTER: Voltmer K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548825 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature