Children’s Physical Activity and Screen Time during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration of Parent Perceptions

Eyler, Amy A.; Schmidt, Laurel; Beck, Alan; Gilbert, Amanda; Keeper, Maura; Mazzucca, Stephanie

doi:10.14485/hbpr.8.3.5

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“…Thirty-four studies (11 cohort, 21 cross-sectional and 2 qualitative) reported changes in physical activity among apparently healthy children and adolescents from before to during the lockdown. Of these, 25 studies (8 cohort and 16 cross-sectional and 1 qualitative)3 27 39–61 observed a decline in physical activity, 8 (2 cohort, 5 cross-sectional and 1 qualitative)9 20 26 62–66 observed no change and 1 (cohort)19 reported an increase in physical activity.…”

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on movement behaviours of children and adolescents: a systematic review

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IntroductionSeveral studies have examined how the lockdown restrictions enforced to halt the spread of COVID-19 have affected children and adolescents’ movement behaviours, but there is a need to synthesise these findings. Therefore, we conducted this systematic review to examine the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on children and adolescents’ movement behaviours.MethodsWe searched eight databases and grey literature for relevant studies of all study designs; and conducted a narrative analysis of the results following synthesis without meta-analysis guidelines. We used appropriate tools to assess the risk of bias in quantitative and qualitative studies. We compared changes in physical activity, screen time and sleep duration and quality from before to during the COVID-19 lockdown.ResultsThis review included 71 studies reporting data from 35 countries and territories, mostly from high-income economies. A majority of the studies used a cross-sectional design and had fair to poor-quality ratings. Most studies reported reduced physical activity, increased screen time and longer sleep hours among children and adolescents. Children and adolescents facing strict lockdowns saw a larger decline in physical activity and a sharper increase in screen time than those under mild restrictions.ConclusionCOVID-19-related lockdowns were detrimental to children and adolescents’ movement behaviours, with stricter lockdowns tending to have a bigger impact. Children and adolescents under COVID-19 restrictions are likely to be less active, spend more time on screen, and sleep longer hours than before the lockdown. More studies from low-income and middle-income countries could provide a clearer picture of the impact.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42021245924.

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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on movement behaviours of children and adolescents: a systematic review

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“…Previous research also reported that the virtual learning model changed daily activities with varied sports education. 4 , 19 Sports education is hampered by an inappropriate understanding of physical activity. 20 , 31 Counseling on the importance of exercise should be modified in accordance with the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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“… 4 , 15–17 Previous research in many countries such as Italy, United States of America, and Saudi Arabia have stated that staying at home causes low physical activity and laziness to become more common, especially among students. 15 , 18 , 19 Sports activities are increasing but not as physical activity; sports are developing in the form of e-sports. 19 …”

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Is It Important to Increase Physical Activity Among University Students During the Second-Wave COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries? A Cross-Sectional Study of the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Asian Countries

Sari¹,

Mani²,

Fadli³

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Background Difficulties in exercising have occurred for the entire world’s population during this COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the second wave at the end of 2021. Most worrying is the lack of physical activity in young adults, as lack of exercise will increase the risk of noncommunicable diseases in the future. The youth such as university student can be agents of change, to increase physical activity, from sedentary to sport life. This study aimed to determine the relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and actions of university students and the correlation between the related variables. Methods This study is a cross-sectional observational study involving 458 Asian university students based on Asian and African nationalities. This research was conducted from December 2021 to January 2022, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia. The variables studied were the knowledge, attitudes, and actions of university students with regard to sports, and the statistical test used was the Chi-squared test. Results The results showed that the research subjects were mainly from Indonesia and India (95.8%), there were more women than men (69.9% vs 30.1%), the most common age range was 18–20 years (61.4%), and 45.4% had a normal body mass index. In total, 48.3% had high knowledge, 93.4% had a positive attitude, and 34.7% had good practice. There was a significant relationship between knowledge and attitude ( p =0.002) but not with action. Conclusion This study found that good knowledge was associated with a good attitude, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic with activity restrictions on university students, there was no relationship with action.

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“…On the other hand, there are a number of challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic has posed for the role of parents and caregivers of children; indeed, in psychological terms, there has been a need to manage depression and perceived stress in children due to confinement and lack of face-to-face time with peers (Achterberg et al , 2021; Wang et al , 2021), as well as the change in the management and scheduling of routines (Bell et al , 2020), due to the time they have had to spend at home and the difficulties in separating their school and family interaction contexts. Additionally, relationships with peers and family members have undergone forced changes (Soltero-González and Gillanders, 2021), making the notion of entertainment and use of free time a complex issue to address (Donati et al , 2021; Eyler et al , 2021), which also leads to drastic changes in media use and access (Kotrla Topić et al , 2021; Werling et al , 2021). Future research may aim to investigate how this post-pandemic context has affected the level of parents’ mobile AL and its possible relationship with different parenting styles.…”

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Parents’ literacy on mobile advertising aimed at children: a cross - cultural approach

Robayo-Pinzón

Berrío

Núñez-Gómez

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Purpose The use of mobile devices by children and adolescents is increasing significantly; therefore, it is relevant to research the level of advertising literacy (AL) of parents who act as mediators between children and mobile advertising. This study aims to explore the conceptual, moral and attitudinal dimensions of AL and its relationship with different styles of parental control. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey was applied simultaneously to a sample of parents with children between 5 and 16 years old in three Spanish-speaking countries: Mexico, Spain and Colombia. Participants from the three countries were recruited via online social media networks and were asked to fill in an online survey. A questionnaire, which has been adapted from previous literature to suit the mobile advertising context and the population of interest, was designed. Cross-country samples of varying sizes, with a predetermined quota of 200 participants for each country, were used. The total sample consisted of 1,454 participants. Findings Four factors of mobile AL were found, which, to a greater extent, correspond to the dimensions of AL proposed in the literature. The following are the dimensions that were identified: cognitive, moral, attitudinal and an emerging factor is known as “children’s perceived mobile AL.” Differences in parents’ perceived knowledge of mobile advertising, parental control styles and AL levels in the three countries were identified. Parents with an authoritative style were identified to have more knowledge than those with an indulgent style. Differences were also identified between countries concerning the amount of exposure that children have to mobile advertising, while no significant differences were found in the moral dimension. Practical implications Marketing practitioners and public policymakers must consider that parents differ in some dimensions of AL. Parents also seem to lack adequate knowledge about the advertising tools available to announcers that affect children and adolescents in a mobile communication environment. Therefore, government agencies should consider developing mobile digital media literacy programs for parents. Originality/value This paper explores the dimensions of AL applied to the mobile context and identifies the level of parental mobile AL in three Spanish-speaking countries, as well as the differences between these sub-samples concerning parental mobile AL profiles and parental control styles, thus expanding the literature on AL with a cross-cultural approach.

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Children’s Physical Activity and Screen Time during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration of Parent Perceptions

Cited by 22 publications

References 18 publications

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on movement behaviours of children and adolescents: a systematic review

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on movement behaviours of children and adolescents: a systematic review

Is It Important to Increase Physical Activity Among University Students During the Second-Wave COVID-19 Pandemic in Asian Countries? A Cross-Sectional Study of the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Asian Countries

Parents’ literacy on mobile advertising aimed at children: a cross - cultural approach

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