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ArticleJournal of applied developmental psychology

Social connectedness at the playground before and after COVID-19 school closure.

Adva Eichengreen, Yung-Ting Tsou, Maedeh Nasri, Lisa-Maria van Klaveren, Boya Li, Alexander Koutamanis, Mitra Baratchi, Els Blijd-Hoogewys, Joost Kok, Carolien Rieffe

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Adva EichengreenDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Yung-Ting TsouDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Maedeh NasriDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Lisa-Maria van KlaverenInstitute for Education and Training, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Boya LiDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Alexander KoutamanisDepartment of Management in the Built environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands.
Mitra BaratchiLeiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Els Blijd-HoogewysINTER-PSY, Autism Team, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Joost KokFaculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands.
Carolien RieffeDepartment of Developmental and Educational Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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Abstract

Social connectedness at school is crucial to children's development, yet very little is known about the way it has been affected by school closures during COVID-19 pandemic. We compared pre-post lockdown levels of social connectedness at a school playground in forty-three primary school-aged children, using wearable sensors, observations, peer nominations and self-reports. Upon school reopening, findings from sensors and peer nominations indicated increases in children's interaction time, network diversity and network centrality. Group observations indicated a decrease in no-play social interactions and an increase in children's involvement in social play. Explorative analyses did not reveal relations between changes in peer connectedness and pre-lockdown levels of peer connectedness or social contact during the lockdown period. Findings pointed at the role of recess in contributing to children's social well-being and the importance of attending to their social needs upon reopening.

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ChildrenCOVID-19PlaygroundSensorsSocial connectedness

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