Children’s daily activities and well-being during the COVID-19 lockdown: associations with child and family characteristics
| Autor: | Oliveira, Vitor Hugo, Martins, Paula Cristina, Carvalho, Graça Simões de |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade do Minho |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Popis: | Published online: 09 February 2022 Learning, leisure, social, and movement activities are essential facets of children´s development affecting their physical, mental, and social well-being. During the first Covid-19 lockdown and post-lockdown period, children´s everyday lives were disrupted and altered in significant ways for an extended period, raising several concerns regarding its negative effects. This study investigated children´s daily activities during the lockdown and post-lockdown period, considering child and family factors that influenced their participation, and the effects of daily activities on child well-being. Cross-sectional data were collected during June and July 2020 from a sample of 3rd and 4th graders (n = 110) and their parents. Participants reported the intensity of children´s weekly participation in various learning, leisure, socializing, and movement activities, child and family characteristics, and child well-being outcomes. Findings indicate an overall pattern characterized by a higher prevalence of sedentary behaviors (screen time) and a lower prevalence of active leisure and playing activities, particularly among socioeconomically vulnerable children. Compared to boys, girls were less physically active but engaged more in play and social activities. In addition, sleep, active leisure, playing and learning activities, and family coping strategies were linked to better overall child well-being. These findings help identify promising avenues for effective intervention strategies, at the family and community levels, aimed at promoting child well-being and mitigating harm during the present and future crises. This work was fnancially supported through the Foundation for Science and Technology by Portuguese national funds of the MCTES and by European funds of the POCH (European Social Fund), within the framework of the CIEC - Research Centre on Child Studies of the University of Minho, project under the reference UID/CED/00317/2019, and a PhD scholarship under the reference SFRH/BD/135674/2018. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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