Difficulties in Managing Children's Learning among Caregivers of Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiwan: Association with Worsened Behavioral and Emotional Symptoms

Tsai, CS (通讯作者),Chang Gung Mem Hosp, Kaohsiung Med Ctr, Dept Child & Adolescent Psychiat, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan.;Tsai, CS (通讯作者),Chang Gung Univ, Sch Med, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan.;Yen, CF (通讯作者),Kaohsiung Med Univ Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Kaohsiung 80756, Taiwan.;Yen, CF (通讯作者),Kaohsiung Med Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Kaohsiung 80708, Taiwan.;Yen, CF (通讯作者),Natl Pingtung Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Profess Studies, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan.
2022-11
School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic have interfered with children's learning. The aim of this study was to investigate the difficulties in managing children's learning at home and attending afterschool learning programs and their related factors among caregivers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, 252 caregivers of children with ADHD completed a questionnaire collecting difficulties in managing children's learning, parenting styles, children's worsened symptoms of ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) and emotion, and increased Internet use. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to examine the factors related to caregiver difficulties in managing children's learning and children's worsened ADHD, ODD, and emotional symptoms. In total, 85.3% of the caregivers had difficulty in asking their children to learn at home; 28.2% had difficulty in taking children to afterschool learning programs. Children's worsened anger was significantly associated with higher caregiver difficulty in asking children to learn at home, whereas parental overprotection was significantly associated with lower caregiver difficulty in asking children to learn at home. Worsened hyperactivity and opposition were significantly associated with higher caregiver difficulty in taking children to attend afterschool learning programs. Interventions for enhancing caregivers' skills to manage children's learning and children's behavioral and emotional symptoms should take the related factors found in this study into consideration.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:19|期号:21
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Chang Gung University; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; E-Da Hospital; National Cheng Kung University; National Cheng Kung University; National Cheng Kung University Hospital; National Cheng Kung University; National Cheng Kung University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Seattle Children's Hospital; Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; Chang Gung University; Kaohsiung Medical University; Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; Kaohsiung Medical University; National Pingtung University Science & Technology
资助机构
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan(Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan)
资助信息
This study was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (MOST110-2635-B-182A-001). The funding agency did not have a role in this study.
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
3
2013以来使用计数
3
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2022-11
DOI
10.3390/ijerph192113722
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder COVID-19 learning caregiver mental health
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health