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The effects of anxiety about their parents getting COVID-19 infection on children’s mental health
Although the effects of COVID-19 on children’s physical health are relatively less serious, it is known that pandemic has serious effects on children’s mental health. Anxiety and related symptoms increase among children during this period. The main purpose of this study is to measure children’s anxi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9582391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36264340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-022-04660-z |
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author | Terin, Harun Açıkel, Sadettin Burak Yılmaz, Mehmet Mustafa Şenel, Saliha |
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description | Although the effects of COVID-19 on children’s physical health are relatively less serious, it is known that pandemic has serious effects on children’s mental health. Anxiety and related symptoms increase among children during this period. The main purpose of this study is to measure children’s anxiety about their parents and themselves with structured scales. Children who applied to the pediatric outpatient clinic were included in the study. Participants were asked questions about their parents’ and their own concerns about getting COVID-19. Psychiatric symptoms of the participants were evaluated with the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, and Anxiety Sensitivity Index for Children. Increased social phobia, separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, total anxiety, total internalizing disorder scores, increased anxiety sensitivity, and increased coronavirus anxiety were detected among children who have increased subjective anxiety for themselves about getting COVID-19. In addition, increased social phobia, depression, separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, total anxiety, total internalizing disorder scores, and anxiety sensitivity were also detected among children who have increased subjective anxiety for their parents about getting COVID-19. In logistic regression, panic, separation anxiety, and generalized anxiety scores significantly predicted children’s anxiety for their parents, and separation anxiety and generalized anxiety were shown to predict anxiety for themselves. Conclusion: Children who have increased subjective anxiety about their parents and themselves also have increased anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, and coronavirus anxiety scores. This is the first study which determines that children who are worried about their parents and themselves have higher levels of anxiety, depression symptoms, and anxiety sensitivity. |
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spelling | pubmed-95823912022-10-20 The effects of anxiety about their parents getting COVID-19 infection on children’s mental health Terin, Harun Açıkel, Sadettin Burak Yılmaz, Mehmet Mustafa Şenel, Saliha Eur J Pediatr Research Although the effects of COVID-19 on children’s physical health are relatively less serious, it is known that pandemic has serious effects on children’s mental health. Anxiety and related symptoms increase among children during this period. The main purpose of this study is to measure children’s anxiety about their parents and themselves with structured scales. Children who applied to the pediatric outpatient clinic were included in the study. Participants were asked questions about their parents’ and their own concerns about getting COVID-19. Psychiatric symptoms of the participants were evaluated with the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale, and Anxiety Sensitivity Index for Children. Increased social phobia, separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, total anxiety, total internalizing disorder scores, increased anxiety sensitivity, and increased coronavirus anxiety were detected among children who have increased subjective anxiety for themselves about getting COVID-19. In addition, increased social phobia, depression, separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, total anxiety, total internalizing disorder scores, and anxiety sensitivity were also detected among children who have increased subjective anxiety for their parents about getting COVID-19. In logistic regression, panic, separation anxiety, and generalized anxiety scores significantly predicted children’s anxiety for their parents, and separation anxiety and generalized anxiety were shown to predict anxiety for themselves. Conclusion: Children who have increased subjective anxiety about their parents and themselves also have increased anxiety, anxiety sensitivity, and coronavirus anxiety scores. This is the first study which determines that children who are worried about their parents and themselves have higher levels of anxiety, depression symptoms, and anxiety sensitivity. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2022-10-20 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9582391/ /pubmed/36264340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-022-04660-z Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2022, Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law. This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Research Terin, Harun Açıkel, Sadettin Burak Yılmaz, Mehmet Mustafa Şenel, Saliha The effects of anxiety about their parents getting COVID-19 infection on children’s mental health |
title | The effects of anxiety about their parents getting COVID-19 infection on children’s mental health |
title_full | The effects of anxiety about their parents getting COVID-19 infection on children’s mental health |
title_fullStr | The effects of anxiety about their parents getting COVID-19 infection on children’s mental health |
title_full_unstemmed | The effects of anxiety about their parents getting COVID-19 infection on children’s mental health |
title_short | The effects of anxiety about their parents getting COVID-19 infection on children’s mental health |
title_sort | effects of anxiety about their parents getting covid-19 infection on children’s mental health |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9582391/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36264340 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-022-04660-z |
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