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This research aims to听explore how the current situation might be affecting children鈥檚 wellbeing.
The听project investigates听coping and wellbeing in a community sample of children aged 7-11 years, and their families, during the COVID-19 crisis. It looks听into the types of coping strategies which might be protective / maladaptive (which might vary from the strategies used at other times), and the things we might need to do to help children both听manage the current situation, and听recover听afterwards.
This听project started in May 2020 and will run until summer 2021.听
- Aims
The project had three main objectives:
- To assess the wellbeing of children aged 7-11 years, and their parents/carers.
- To assess the kinds of coping strategies being employed by children and their parents/carers.
- To compare wellbeing and coping strategies used during the current health crisis with existing data, in order to determine how the crisis might be affecting children and their families.
- Research questions
- What coping strategies are being used by children aged 7-11 years to manage worries during the COVID-19 crisis?
- What coping strategies are being used by parents to manage worries during the COVID-19 crisis?
- What are children鈥檚 perspectives on their anxiety and wellbeing during this time?
- What are parents鈥� perspectives on children鈥檚 wellbeing and coping during this time?
- Methodology
- Data is听collected using online questionnaires to be completed at home by children aged 7-11 years and their families.
- Comparative analysis is听undertaken using existing data collected during a previous study.
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