Event Type
Research Presentation
Academic Department
Psychology
Start Date
25-4-2022 12:00 AM
End Date
25-4-2022 12:00 AM
Description
COVID-19 presents familial and online stressors in young children that may increase risk to mental health and wellbeing. There is a higher prevalence of negative indicators of wellbeing for children receiving virtual instruction or familial stressors that come with COVID-19 as opposed to children not experiencing it. Research surrounding this topic have highlighted the need to address emotional distress for children during the epidemic, provide researchers with scientific fundamentals to formulate targeted interventions based upon the significant influencing facts. The purpose of the current study is to examine associations between preschoolers’ emotional reactivity and anxiety in relation to their family members with covid and online presence. There were significant differences in children’s emotional reactivity by family member’s covid experience, online school experience, and owning an electronic device. Children’s anxiety was also significantly different due to family member’s covid-19 experience, online school experience, and owning an electronic device. Children are inevitably going to encounter adverse experiences when they use digital technology, this is not directly related to the time they spend online, rather what they are taking in recreationally. This brings up the point that more attention should be paid to what young children do online, the content they encounter, and their life environment and support networks in general.
The Effects of COVID-19 and Online Experience on Preschoolers’ Emotional Development
COVID-19 presents familial and online stressors in young children that may increase risk to mental health and wellbeing. There is a higher prevalence of negative indicators of wellbeing for children receiving virtual instruction or familial stressors that come with COVID-19 as opposed to children not experiencing it. Research surrounding this topic have highlighted the need to address emotional distress for children during the epidemic, provide researchers with scientific fundamentals to formulate targeted interventions based upon the significant influencing facts. The purpose of the current study is to examine associations between preschoolers’ emotional reactivity and anxiety in relation to their family members with covid and online presence. There were significant differences in children’s emotional reactivity by family member’s covid experience, online school experience, and owning an electronic device. Children’s anxiety was also significantly different due to family member’s covid-19 experience, online school experience, and owning an electronic device. Children are inevitably going to encounter adverse experiences when they use digital technology, this is not directly related to the time they spend online, rather what they are taking in recreationally. This brings up the point that more attention should be paid to what young children do online, the content they encounter, and their life environment and support networks in general.
Comments
Under the direction of Dr. Seunghee Han.