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ArticleBMC public health2023

Remote learning and mental health during the societal lockdown: a study of primary school students and parents in times of COVID-19.

Frank Tian-Fang Ye, Xiaozi Gao, Kuen-Fung Sin, Lan Yang

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Article in BMC public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Frank Tian-Fang YeDepartment of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China. frank.ye@polyu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0001-7248-3062
Xiaozi GaoDepartment of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0003-1452-7957
Kuen-Fung SinCentre for Special Educational Needs and Inclusive Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0001-8923-1443
Lan YangDepartment of Curriculum and Instruction, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China.ORCID 0000-0002-3457-0330
Education University of Hong Kong · HKHong Kong Polytechnic University · HK

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Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges to families around the world. The prolonged school closures in Hong Kong have forced young students to stay at home and adapt to remote learning for over a year, putting their mental health conditions at risk. Focusing on primary school students and their parents, the main objective of our research is to investigate the socioemotional factors and their associations with mental health conditions.

methodsA total of 700 Hong Kong primary schoolers (mean age = 8.2) reported their emotional experiences, loneliness, and academic self-concept via a user-friendly online survey; 537 parents reported depression and anxiety, perceived child depression and anxiety, and social support. Responses from students and parents were paired to account for the family context. Structural Equation Modeling was used for correlations and regressions.

resultsThe results of students' responses showed that positive emotional experiences were negatively associated with loneliness and positively related to academic self-concept among students. Furthermore, the paired sample results showed that, during the one-year societal lockdown and remote learning period, the socioemotional factors were associated with mental health conditions among primary school students and their parents. Among our family sample in Hong Kong, evidence supports the unique negative association between students-reported positive emotional experiences and parents-reported child depression and anxiety, as well as between social support and parents' depression and anxiety.

conclusionsThese findings highlighted the associations between socioemotional factors and mental health among young primary schoolers during the societal lockdown. We thus call for more attention to the societal lockdown and remote learning context, especially since the social distancing practice could be "the new normal" for our society to handle the future pandemic crisis.

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COVID-19Mental HealthChildCommunicable Disease ControlHumansPandemicsParentsSchoolsStudentsCOVID-19EmotionsMental healthPrimary schoolRemote learning

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