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Understanding protective and risk factors affecting adolescents' well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic
Citation
Lan, M., Pan, Q., Tan, C. Y., & Law, N. W. Y. (2022). Understanding protective and risk factors affecting adolescents' well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. npj Science of Learning, 7, Article 32. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-022-00149-4
Abstract
This study investigated the factors affecting adolescents’ well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspectives of their participation in digital activities, emotional regulation, self-regulated learning, and parental involvement. Using self-reported data from 932 pairs of adolescents and their parents, we performed multiple-group structural equation modeling, which revealed that self-efficacy in online learning during school suspension was a key factor influencing adolescents’ perceived worries after schools resumed. During school suspension, boys’ cognitive-emotional regulation played a protective role in their well-being, helping them to avoid cyberbullying incidents, while girls’ participation in leisure-oriented digital activities compromised their self-efficacy in online learning and led to cyberbullying incidents. Furthermore, improvement in parent–child relationships during school suspension encouraged adolescents to use more positive emotional regulation strategies, enhanced their self-efficacy in online learning, and reduced their leisure-time digital activities. The findings indicate that the effective regulation of adolescents’ online behaviors, emotions, and self efficacy, especially when combined with an emotionally secure family relationship, can ensure adolescents’ well-being.
Date Issued
2022
Publisher
Springer
Journal
npj Science of Learning
Grant ID
#T44-707/16-N
Funding Agency
HKSAR Government