Child Flourishing, School Engagement, Physical Activity, and Screen Time During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine changes in flourishing, school engagement, physical activity, and recreational screen time among school-aged children in the United States during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study, data come from the 2018-2020 National Survey of Children's Health for 68,203 children aged 6 to 17 years. Flourishing is always/usually curious to learn, resilient and having self-regulation. School engagement is always/usually completing homework and having interest in doing well in school. Other outcomes are daily 60+ minutes physical activity or number of such days, and daily recreational screen time or 2+ hours/day. Weighted regression models compare 2020 to 2019 and 2019 to 2018 adjusting for child/household co

SUBMITTER: Lyu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9822554 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature