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Daily Life Changes and Life Satisfaction among Korean School-Aged Children in the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Choi, Jihye Park, Youjeong Kim, Hye-Eun Song, Jihyeok Lee, Daeun Lee, Eunhye Kang, Hyeonjin Lee, Jeeho Park, Jihyeon Lee, Ji-Woo Ye, Seongeun Lee, Seul Ryu, Sohee Kim, Yeojeong Kim, Ye-Ri Kim, Yu-Jin Lee, Yuseon |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | The recent COVID-19 pandemic has been disrupting the daily lives of people across the world, causing a major concern for psychological well-being in children. This study aimed to examine (1) how life satisfaction and its potential predictors have been affected by the pandemic among school-aged children in Korea, and (2) which factors would predict their life satisfaction during the pandemic. We surveyed 166 fourth-graders in the Seoul metropolitan area to assess their psychological well-being and potentially related variables during the pandemic. The data were compared with those available from two pre-COVID-19 surveys, the 2018 Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (n = 1236) and the 2019 Korean Children and Youth Well-being Index Survey (n = 334). Higher levels of stress were observed in children during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, the level of their life satisfaction remained unchanged when compared with data from the pre-COVID-19 surveys. The pandemic also affected peer relationship quality and susceptibility to smartphone addiction, but not perceived parenting style nor academic engagement. Interestingly, peer relationship quality no longer predicted life satisfaction during the pandemic; perceived parenting styles and parent-child conversation time predicted life satisfaction. The results suggest a central role of parent-child relationship in supporting the psychological well-being of school-aged children during the pandemic. |
| Starting Page | 3324 |
| e-ISSN | 16604601 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18063324 |
| Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 18 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-03-23 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Covid-19 Pandemic Life Satisfaction Parent-child Relationship Psychological Well-being School-aged Children |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
