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9situation. 2. The situation of the pandemic did not lead to a clear increase in health anxiety in children of primary school age: in the third-grade students during the pandemic, the fear of getting sick was lower than before the pandemic; 5th graders had lower body vigilance than 3rd graders. 3. Health anxiety was positively associated with preventive behaviors that lead to a decrease in the level of biological threat. As the observation of children from grades 3-5 showed, the associations between values and heath anxiety increased in the pandemic situation. This indirectly points to the role of anxiety in the dynamics of value preferences, especially in relation to the values of conservation, personal success, and power. 4. Health anxiety was predominantly associated with behaviors that directly reduce biological threat (eg, handwashing, visiting a doctor), and values were predominantly associated with social isolation measures.
Keywords: anxiety, Covid-19 pandemic, schoolchildren DOI:
CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
Daidy Pérez Quintana
Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Havana, Havana, Cuba; e-mail:
daidy95710@gmail.com
Abstract: The pandemic caused by Covid-19 forced governments around the world to take preventive and restrictive measures to stop contagion and loss of human lives. However, despite all the efforts made, humanity has had to face the economic, social, and psychological consequences generated by this health crisis for two consecutive years. Physical isolation at home forced people to restructure their lives. This factor, in addition to the uncertainty, fear, and hopelessness of the situation, led to the emergence of negative emotions and some psychological disorders among the adult population. The children have not been exempt from this reality, and due to the characteristics of their psychological development, they are a vulnerable population, very sensitive to changes in their routines and life habits. In Cuba, on March 26th 2020, a group of professionals specialized in child clinical psychology began to provide support and psychological help to families with children and adolescents, using Telegram and WhatsApp. This allowed clinical psychology, through the use of technology, to discover new resources and tools to develop its work. It involved the direct evaluation of the psychological well-being of children with families as mediators. In this way, the use of technologies and virtual platforms by children and their families, allowed clinical psychology to reach every home in need of guidance and psychological support in a time of crisis.
in times of crisis for mental health,
Keywords: Covid-19, psychological help, technologies, mental health DOI:
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VR-BASED EXPOSURE THERAPY ON TEST ANXIETY AMONG HIGH SCHOOL
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Si Zhuoran
Postgraduate student, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China; e-mail: sizhuoran123@163.com
Kuerban Kudunige
Postgraduate student, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; e-mail: 2442248030@qq-com
Guangxin Wang
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