Laffan, Derek ORCID: 0000-0002-5780-1840, Kuldas, Seffetullah ORCID: 0000-0003-3510-4056, Sciacca, Beatrice ORCID: 0000-0003-0678-4902, O'Higgins Norman, James ORCID: 0000-0003-0997-6942 and Milosevic, Tijana ORCID: 0000-0003-1502-7479 (2023) Children’s and parents’ worries about online schooling associated with children’s anxiety during lockdown in Ireland. International Journal of Communication Systems, 17 . pp. 669-691. ISSN 1932-8036
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has persisted as a worrying time for children who have been using technology for online schooling during lockdown and their parents. This study investigates the extent of children’s and parents’ self-reported worries associated with children’s anxiety during lockdown in Ireland. Data for 461 children and 461 parents were analyzed from the Ireland dataset obtained as part of the Kids’ Digital Lives in COVID-19 Times (KiDiCoTi) international survey. Children reported worries about keeping up with school activities online, getting poor grades, and completing their schoolwork online. Parents reported worries about COVID-19 having a negative influence on their children’s education and their children being exposed to more online risks. Children’s worries about school explained much of the variance
of their anxiety to a significant degree, whereas parents’ worries explained that variance to a lesser extent. Implications of these results are discussed in the article.
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Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | technology; children’s worry; parents’ worry; anxiety, emergency online schooling |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Education Social Sciences > Educational technology |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of Human Development Research Initiatives and Centres > ADAPT Research Initiatives and Centres > Anti-Bullying Research Centre (ABC) |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
Official URL: | https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/17597... |
Copyright Information: | © 2023 The Authors. |
Funders: | "- European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme - European Regional Development Fund" |
ID Code: | 29408 |
Deposited On: | 15 Jan 2024 15:10 by Dylan Pidgeon . Last Modified 24 Jan 2024 17:45 |
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