Depression and Self-Efficacy Among Iranian Children During the Prevalence of COVID-19 Disease

Frontiers in Pediatrics

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Mohammad Ali Zakeri¹  Abdollah Dakkalirad³  Fahimeh Saedi⁴  Allahyar Shahnavazi⁵  Mehri Kordi⁶  Maryam Ahmadipour⁷  Mahlagha Dehghan⁸ 

[1] Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences;Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences;Tropical and Communicable Disease Reasearch Center, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences;Shafa Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences;School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences;Nursing Office, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences;Department of Pediatric, Afzalipour Hospital, Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences;Department of Critical Care Nursing, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences

关键词: COVID-19;    coronavirus;    depression;    self-efficacy;    children;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fped.2022.888712

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has quickly endangered the physical and mental health of people in the community, particularly vulnerable people such as children. This study was carried out to investigate the depression and self-efficacy of Iranian children during the COVID-19 outbreak. This cross-sectional research was conducted on 321 students aged 8 to 17 in southeast Iran. A social media-based online questionnaire was used to collect data. The information was gathered using demographic and COVID-related items, the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI), and the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-C). No significant correlation was observed between depression and self-efficacy of children ( P = 0.23). However, in subscale of CDI, negative mood, ineffectiveness and negative self-esteem had a significant correlation with self-efficacy (<0.001). Depression had a significant correlation with family income ( p = 0.017), being at risk of coronavirus infection ( p = 0.036), effectiveness of preventive measures ( p = 0.015) and how information about the coronavirus disease was obtained ( p = 0.018). According to the results, the mean score of depression was higher than the midpoint of the questionnaire in Iranian children, therefore, it is needed to take the necessary measures and treatment plans to reduce the rate of depression in children. Further research is needed to assess and prevent childhood depression.

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