Daily Life Changes and Life Satisfaction among Korean School-Aged Children in the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The recent COVID-19 pandemic has been disrupting the daily lives of people across the world, causing a major concern for psychological well-being in children. This study aimed to examine (1) how life satisfaction and its potential predictors have been affected by the pandemic among school-aged children in Korea, and (2) which factors would predict their life satisfaction during the pandemic. We surveyed 166 fourth-graders in the Seoul metropolitan area to assess their psychological well-being and potentially related variables during the pandemic. The data were compared with those available from two pre-COVID-19 surveys, the 2018 Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (n = 1236) and the 2019 Korean Children and Youth Well-being Index Survey (n = 334). Higher levels of stress were observed i

SUBMITTER: Choi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8004811 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature