Daily Life Changes and Life Satisfaction among Korean School-Aged Children in the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Ji-Woo Lee¹  Hye-Eun Kim¹  Jihyeok Song¹  Hyeonjin Kang¹  Jeeho Lee¹  Youjeong Park¹  Jihyeon Park¹  Seongeun Ye¹  Sohee Ryu¹  Seul Lee¹  Yuseon Lee¹  Daeun Lee¹  Eunhye Lee¹  Yu-Jin Kim¹  Ye-Ri Kim¹  Jihye Choi¹  Yeojeong Kim¹ 

[1] Department of Child Development and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea;

关键词: COVID-19 pandemic;    life satisfaction;    parent-child relationship;    psychological well-being;    school-aged children;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijerph18063324

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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