Internet-Related Behaviors and Psychological Distress Among Schoolchildren During COVID-19 School Suspension - 25/09/20

Doi : 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.06.007

I-Hua Chen, PhD ^a, Chao-Ying Chen, PhD ^b, Amir H. Pakpour, PhD ^d, Mark D. Griffiths, PhD ^e, Chung-Ying Lin, PhD ^b,^c,^⁎
^a Minnan Normal University, Zhangzhou, China
^b The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
^c National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
^d Jönköping University, Sweden
^e Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

^∗Correspondence to Chung-Ying Lin, PhD, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 11 Yuk Choi Rd, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.The Hong Kong Polytechnic University11 Yuk Choi RdHung HomHong Kong

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Résumé

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection has rapidly grown worldwide,¹ and many governments have implemented policies to control the infection rate. For example, school suspension, self-quarantine, requirement of citizens to stay at home,² travel and border controls, and discouragement of outdoor activities³ have been used. Although these actions emphasizing the importance of “spatial distancing” are based on the perspective of public health, they may result in health problems other than COVID-19 infection, such as psychological distress and fear.⁴ Therefore, the present authors examined the potential predictors for psychological distress among schoolchildren during COVID-19 school suspension.

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	Author Contributions
	Conceptualization: I. Chen, Lin
	Data curation: I. Chen
	Formal analysis: I. Chen
	Investigation: C. Chen, Lin
	Methodology: I. Chen, Pakpour, Lin
	Software: I. Chen
	Supervision: Griffiths
	Validation: C. Chen, Pakpour, Griffiths, Lin
	Visualization: Lin
	Writing – original draft: I. Chen, C. Chen, Lin
	Writing – review and editing: C. Chen, Pakpour, Griffiths, Lin
	ORCID
	I-Hua Chen, PhD: 0000-0001-6999-6406
	Amir H. Pakpour, PhD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8798-5345
	Mark D. Griffiths, PhD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524
	Chung-Ying Lin, PhD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2129-4242
	Drs. Pakpour and Lin served as the statistical experts for this research.
	Disclosure: Dr. I. Chen has received funding support from Qufu Normal University Research Funding (No: 211_601601). Dr. Lin has received internal funding support from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Drs. C. Chen, Pakpour, and Griffiths have reported no biomedical financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.
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