Psychological States of Rural Area’s Children During Covid-19 Pandemic
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210423.043How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- COVID-19, Rural area, Psychological, Children
- Abstract
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeps across the world, it has a profound effect on human psychological and daily life. However, fewer studies are focusing on children’s psychological states. The purpose of the present study aimed to examine the children’s psychological state and their emotions during the crisis of COVID-19. There were 14 children aged 7-12 years living in the rural areas in Sabah were recruited. By using the Collage Life Story Elicitation Technique (CLET), the thematic analysis indicated that a minority of the children expressed concern, anxiety, and gloomy verbally and non-verbally. Surprisingly, most of them accepted the new norms implemented by the Government, for instance, they understand that they must wear a face mask whenever they are outing and practice proper hygiene even though they are living in a rural area. The output of the present study reflected the children’s awareness of the coronavirus pandemic and adults are playing a vital role to ensure the wellbeing and welfare of the children.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Hon Kai Yee AU - Ezzah Nurhazimah Husin AU - Norafifah Bali AU - Wanda Kiyah Albert George PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/24 TI - Psychological States of Rural Area’s Children During Covid-19 Pandemic BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Psychological Studies (ICPSYCHE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 297 EP - 304 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210423.043 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210423.043 ID - Yee2021 ER -