scholarly journals Traumatic Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Middle School Students and Caregivers

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 553-560
Author(s):  
Merve Aktaş Terzioğlu ◽  
Ahmet Büber

Objective To investigate the traumatic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on middle-school students and their parents. Methods This epidemiological cross-sectional study was conducted with middle-school students in Denizli. A questionnaire consisting of the IES-R, CRIES-13 and a sociodemographic data form was delivered online. A total of 1059 participants who fully completed the questionnaire were included for analysis. Results The IES-R total and subdimension scores and the CRIES-13 scores were found to be significantly higher in families with an income level of ≤2,500 TL. The CRIES-13 scores of children were found to be significantly higher in divorced families. No statistically significant difference was determined between the IES-R total and subdimension scores of the parents who were healthcare workers and the CRIES-13 scale scores of their children. Conclusion A statistically significant, positive, moderate relationship was found between the IES-R scale total and subdimension scores of parents and the CRIES-13 scale scores of children. A low socioeconomic level was seen to increase the prevalence of anxiety in adults and adolescents. The children of divorced families were found to be at higher risk of PTSD. Successful management of mental health symptoms in parents will reflect positively on the mental health status of their children.

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 1061-1071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hande Şahin ◽  
Sibel Erkal

We examined the environmental attitudes of middle school students in this cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was administered to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students at 5 middle schools in Ankara, Turkey. Average in analyses, standard deviation, t test, single-factor analysis, and Tukey's tests were used to analyze data. The results showed that attitudes of 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students towards the environment were generally positive and statistically significantly related to school, class, education level of father, education level of mother, and monthly income status.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
T M F Ercan ◽  
L H Özcebe

Abstract Obesity, peer bullying and self-esteem are important public health problems in adolescent age group in Turkey as well as in the world. This study aims to investigate bilateral and tripartite relations of obesity, peer bullying and self-esteem. The universe of this cross-sectional study was middle school students in Ankara; 1955 student were reached in 42 schools determined by systematic sample method. Data was collected under observation with the questionnaire including anthropometric measurements (BMI-z-score), self-esteem scale and peer bullying. Written permission was given by the Ethical Committee at the University. We reached 1955 students (975 girls; 877 boys). The average of age was 12.84±0.59. The prevalence of overweight was 15.0% and obesity 7.2%. The percentage of low self-esteem was found as 45.4%. Frequencies of physical bullying-bully subgroup was 36.7%, verbal 51.4% and emotional 35.2%; the percentages of bullying-victim subgroups were found as 41.9%, 49.7% and 19.5%, respectively. A strong relationship was between obesity and physical bullying-victim without grouping for self-esteem (p = 0.03). Obesity was associated with low self-esteem without physical or emotional bullying (p = 0.02; p = 0.03). Low self-esteem was related with all types of bullying (p < 0.001 all subgroups). Obesity was associated with verbal bullying-bully in high self-esteem and without grouping for self-esteem (p = 0.04; p = 0.02). The relationship was between obesity and physical bullying-bully in the low and high self-esteem subgroups (p = 0.02; p = 0.009), but this relation couldn't be demonstrated without grouping for self-esteem. Prevention of peer bullying, fighting with obesity are important topics to protect adolescent mental health, improve school health. More effective studies should be conducted in this field, intervention programs have holistic approach should be developed at countries levels and global level. Key messages The holistic approach always highlighted from Sustainable Development Goals to Astana has a great importance in improving physical, mental and social health of adolescent in schools. Obesity, peer bullying and self-esteem are important issues affecting physical, social and mental health in adolescence in whole world.


2020 ◽  
pp. 089011712095105
Author(s):  
Linyue Yu ◽  
Wei Chen

Purpose: This paper examines the effect of boarding on obesity among middle school students at boarding schools. Design: Quantitative, cross-sectional study. Setting: Data from the China Education Panel Survey (CEPS) were analyzed. The CEPS samples middle school students from 7th grade to 9th grade in China. Subjects: The final sample included 3,892 observations of boarding school students. Measures: Measures included body mass index (BMI) that determined obesity, boarding status, demographic information, and instruments for boarding status. Analysis: The instrumental variables approach based on the 2 stage least squares (2SLS) methodology was utilized. The endogenous models and the extended probit models were also applied to the data to confirm the robustness of the results. Results: Boarding has a significant negative effect on obesity for middle school boys but a smaller negative effect on obesity for middle school girls. Boarding was estimated to reduce obesity by roughly 14% (p < 0.01) among middle school boys and 6% (p > 0.1) among middle school girls. The overall estimated effect based on the pooled sample was about 10% (p < 0.01). Conclusion: School or government policies that encourage boarding at school can reduce obesity among middle school students, at least for middle school boys. Boarding at school can be a positive factor in preventing and controlling obesity among middle school students.


2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (s1) ◽  
pp. S8-S16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Virginia Rall Chomitz ◽  
Denise Burke Aske ◽  
Julia McDonald ◽  
Howard Cabral ◽  
Karen Ann Hacker

Background:There is growing recognition of the importance of recreational space utilization for promoting physical activity (PA) among youth.Methods:An cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 926 diverse 6th-8th grade students in Somerville, MA. Participants completed the 2007 Youth Risk Surveillance Survey (YRBS). Chi-square testing and logistical regression modeling were performed to predict meeting national PA recommendations for moderate, vigorous, and 60 minutes or more (60+) PA.Results:The participants reported meeting recommended PA levels for moderate (27%), vigorous (70%) and 60+ (21%) PA. In multivariate analysis, being male and speaking English were significantly associated with meeting all 3 PA recommendations. Recreational spaces significantly associated with meeting PA recommendations included neighborhood parks and walk/bike paths, playing fields and courts, and recreational centers. Recreational space utilization varied by gender, race/ethnicity, and language.Conclusions:Recreational space utilization was an important predictor of meeting PA recommendations among middle school students. Our results showed that PA attainment and recreational space utilization varied by demographic characteristics. The role of each recreational space in predicting PA varied depending on the outcome used. This study demonstrates the potential use of YRBS data to inform resource allocation for PA promotion in diverse communities.


Retos ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 396-402
Author(s):  
Antonio Perić ◽  
António Rodrigues ◽  
Katarzyna Pankowska-Jurczyk ◽  
Olegas Batutis ◽  
João Costa ◽  
...  

Abstract. Comparable and cross-national research is needed to examine students’ views on the role of physical education (PE) in promoting active and healthy lifestyles, particularly in non-English speaking contexts. Thus, the present study aims to investigate and compare the views of middle school students from four European countries towards PE, considering cross-national and gender variables. In this cross-sectional study, 1244 middle school students (635 boys, 609 girls; Mean age = 14.3±0.9 years) from a public secondary school in Croatia, Lithuania, Poland and Portugal, answered to a questionnaire about their: (a) PE attitude, (b) PE importance, (c) PE main aim, and (d) perception of competence in PE. ANOVA and Student t-test were used to compare students’ views across countries, and to compare boys’ and girls’ views within each country. Overall, results show that the students’ views towards PE were mainly positive but important differences were found across the students from the four European countries. In all countries, boys have a more positive attitude, gave more importance to PE and perceived themselves as more competent than girls. Regardless of the sociocultural context, this study suggests that there is a cross-national need to further explore the nature of the differences found and increase young girl’s attitudes towards PE. Additionally, more comparative studies are needed with a broad range of sociocultural contexts to assess the extent to which this type of differences is present.  Resumen. Se hace necesaria una investigación de carácter comparada e internacional para contrastar las opiniones de los estudiantes sobre el papel de la Educación Física (EF) en la promoción de estilos de vida activos y saludables, particularmente en contextos no anglófonos. Así, el objetivo del estudio fue examinar las opiniones de los estudiantes de secundaria de cuatro países europeos con respecto a la EF, teniendo en cuenta las variables país y género. En este estudio transversal, 1244 estudiantes de secundaria (635 niños; 14.3±0.9 años) de una escuela secundaria pública en Croacia, Lituania, Polonia y Portugal, respondieron a un cuestionario sobre: (a) la actitud, (b) la importancia (c) objetivo principal, y (d) la percepción de competencia en EF. Se aplicaron las pruebas ANOVA y T-de-Student para comparar las opiniones, entre los países, de los estudiantes, y de los niños y las niñas en cada país. En general, los resultados muestran que las opiniones de los estudiantes hacia la EF fueron principalmente positivas, pero se encontraron diferencias importantes entre los estudiantes de los cuatro países. En todos los países, los niños tienen una actitud más positiva, le dan más importancia a la EF y se perciben a sí mismos como más competentes que las niñas. Independientemente del contexto sociocultural, es necesario explorar más la naturaleza de las diferencias encontradas y mejorar las actitudes de las niñas hacia la EF. Además, se necesitan más estudios comparativos con una amplia gama de contextos socioculturales para evaluar en qué grado este tipo de diferencias está presente.


2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang YX ◽  
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Xu HJ ◽  
Gan ML ◽  
Ma JR ◽  
...  

Children and adolescents are greatly impacted by the tremendous changes during COVID-19 epidemic. Rural primary and middle school students, as a relatively less concerned population, owing to their inconvenience of accessing epidemic-associated information, might have more serious impact on mental health. From 11 May, 2020 to 20 May, 2020, a multicenter cross-sectional study was performed through a unified field questionnaire in 12 rural schools in Shantou, Hezhou and Nanchong. There were 20.02%, 8.56%, 5.26% of respondents suffering from mild, moderate, and severe anxiety during COVID-19 epidemic. The protective factors encompassed spraying bleach water for environmental disinfection (OR=0.604, 95% CI=0.425-0.858) and disinfecting unmanned


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