Научная статья на тему 'FEATURES OF HEALTH ANXIETY IN CHILDREN AGED 9-12 IN A PANDEMIC SITUATION'

FEATURES OF HEALTH ANXIETY IN CHILDREN AGED 9-12 IN A PANDEMIC SITUATION Текст научной статьи по специальности «Науки о здоровье»

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anxiety / Covid-19 pandemic / schoolchildren

Аннотация научной статьи по наукам о здоровье, автор научной работы — Leonora Pechnikova, Galina Arina, Marina Iosifyan, Elena Chudova

Abstract: Problem: The impact of pandemic pathogenic factors on the development of value preferences and ideas about health in children. Subject: The dynamics of connections between health anxiety and individual value preferences in schoolchildren aged 9-12. Purpose: To study ideas about health in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic among schoolchildren aged 9-12. Materials and methods: Picture-Based Value Survey for Children (Doering et al., 2010), Childhood Illness Attitude Scales “CIAS” (Kristi D. Wright, Gordon J. G. Asmundson, 2003), Questionnaire on the level of involvement in preventive measures. Longitudinal study of 57 children aged 9-12 during the pandemic and 69 children aged 12. Results. 1. Health anxiety had developed by primary school age: health anxiety can be both age-dependent and determined by a specific developmental situation such as the dynamics of the pandemic 44 situation. 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.

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Текст научной работы на тему «FEATURES OF HEALTH ANXIETY IN CHILDREN AGED 9-12 IN A PANDEMIC SITUATION»

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THE TRAINING OF ADOLESCENTS IN HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE SCHOOL-FAMILY-COMMUNITY LINK

Sandra Ochoa Durán

Pychologist, Julián Grimau García Polyclinic, Santiago of Cuba, Cuba; e-mail: sandraochoaduran.74@gmail.com

Abstract: The training of adolescents in health promotion has become a global interest. The creation of future human beings capable of preserving health, the human species and the planet, is the desire and duty of current generations. The Covid-19 pandemic unleashed questions regarding the responsibilities of man as a species and health systems throughout the world. In order to characterize the comprehensive training of adolescents in health promotion in Cuba today, the subject of the current study was systematized based on current research, as well as pedagogical, psychological and social references. For this, theoretical qualitative methods were used such as logical historical, hermeneutic, and synthesis analysis. Description and bibliographic review were also used. Educational actions were proposed herein for the training of adolescents in health promotion during the Covid-19 pandemic. There were the use of ICTs that promote the empowerment and resilience of secondary school students to achieve human development and commitment to community, health, and environment.

Keywords: comprehensive training, Health Promotion, Covid-19, ICTs.

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FEATURES OF HEALTH ANXIETY IN CHILDREN AGED 9-12 IN A PANDEMIC SITUATION

Leonora Pechnikova

Assistant Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; e-mail: pech56@mail.ru

Galina Arina

Lecturer, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Russia; e-mail: g.a.arina@yandex.ru

Marina Iosifyan

Senior Researcher, St. Andrews University, United Kingdom; e-mail: marina.iosifyan@gmail.com

Elena Chudova

Student, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Russia; e-mail: lena111198@mail.ru

Abstract: Problem: The impact of pandemic pathogenic factors on the development of value preferences and ideas about health in children. Subject: The dynamics of connections between health anxiety and individual value preferences in schoolchildren aged 9-12. Purpose: To study ideas about health in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic among schoolchildren aged 9-12. Materials and methods: Picture-Based Value Survey for Children (Doering et al., 2010), Childhood Illness Attitude Scales "CIAS" (Kristi D. Wright, Gordon J. G. Asmundson, 2003), Questionnaire on the level of involvement in preventive measures. Longitudinal study of 57 children aged 9-12 during the pandemic and 69 children aged 12. Results. 1. Health anxiety had developed by primary school age: health anxiety can be both age-dependent and determined by a specific developmental situation such as the dynamics of the pandemic

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situation. 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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