2021
DOI: 10.3390/su13168821
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Sustainable Life of Korean Adolescents: Exploring Gender Differences

Abstract: To ensure that adolescents continue to lead healthy, well-adjusted lives—“sustainable lives”—after the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to examine the latter’s impact on various aspects of their lives compared to the socio-cultural context before the outbreak. This study used national representative data on Korean adolescents to analyze the impact of the pandemic on adolescent life from various perspectives, with a focus on gender differences. Our findings confirm that during the pandemic physical activity a… Show more

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“…Relatively few studies have examined detailed aspects of children’s behavior or the reasons for their behavior. One study of adolescents (including middle and high school students) in a nationally representative Korean sample reported a decrease in physical activity and time spent sitting to study and an increase in time spent sitting for other purposes and sleeping during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels [ 28 ]. A sizeable proportion of adolescents (aged 15 to 19 years) in a study conducted in five countries–Sweden, Vietnam, Serbia, Morocco, and the USA–reported that since the pandemic the time they spent outside and meeting friends in person decreased while the time they spent doing things they did not have time to do before, staying connected with friends through social media and video games and with relatives through telephone or internet, working out, and spending quality time with family increased [ 29 ].…”
Section: Covid-19 Studies On Changes In Children’s Physical Activity ...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Relatively few studies have examined detailed aspects of children’s behavior or the reasons for their behavior. One study of adolescents (including middle and high school students) in a nationally representative Korean sample reported a decrease in physical activity and time spent sitting to study and an increase in time spent sitting for other purposes and sleeping during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels [ 28 ]. A sizeable proportion of adolescents (aged 15 to 19 years) in a study conducted in five countries–Sweden, Vietnam, Serbia, Morocco, and the USA–reported that since the pandemic the time they spent outside and meeting friends in person decreased while the time they spent doing things they did not have time to do before, staying connected with friends through social media and video games and with relatives through telephone or internet, working out, and spending quality time with family increased [ 29 ].…”
Section: Covid-19 Studies On Changes In Children’s Physical Activity ...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The data reported by O'Connor et al [17] suggest that anxiety symptoms and levels of defeatism due to confinement decreased as time in confinement passed. It has also been reported that the pandemic generated positive mental health outcomes, and that sadness/despair and suicidal ideation decreased over the course of the pandemic [46].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The situation in Uganda is getting worse for refugees, the restrictions policy on business activities increases the risk of sexual and gender-based violence targeting women and teenage girls (Logie et al, 2021). However, studies in South Korea, suggest that the pandemic positively impacts sustainable life, especially for teenage girls (Yu & Choe, 2021).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%