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Children’s and Parents’ Worries About Online Schooling Associated With Children’s Anxiety During Lockdown in Ireland

Sciacca, Beatrice orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0678-4902, Laffan, Derek A. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-5780-1840, Kuldas, Seffetullah orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-3510-4056, O’Higgins Norman, James orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0997-6942 and Milosevic, Tijana orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1502-7479 (2023) Children’s and Parents’ Worries About Online Schooling Associated With Children’s Anxiety During Lockdown in Ireland. International Journal of Communication, 17 . pp. 669-691. ISSN 1932-8036

Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has persisted as a worrying time for children who have been using technology for online schooling during lockdown and their parents. This study investigates the extent of children’s and parents’ self-reported worries associated with children’s anxiety during lockdown in Ireland. Data for 461 children and 461 parents were analyzed from the Ireland dataset obtained as part of the Kids’ Digital Lives in COVID-19 Times (KiDiCoTi) international survey. Children reported worries about keeping up with school activities online, getting poor grades, and completing their schoolwork online. Parents reported worries about COVID-19 having a negative influence on their children’s education and their children being exposed to more online risks. Children’s worries about school explained much of the variance of their anxiety to a significant degree, whereas parents’ worries explained that variance to a lesser extent. Implications of these results are discussed in the article.
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Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Technology, children’s worry, parents’ worry, anxiety, emergency online schooling
Subjects:Computer Science > Computer software
Computer Science > World Wide Web
Social Sciences > Bullying
Social Sciences > Cyberbullying
DCU Faculties and Centres:UNSPECIFIED
Publisher:University of Southern California * Annenberg Center for Communication
Official URL:https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/17597...
Copyright Information:Authors
ID Code:31706
Deposited On:21 Oct 2025 13:43 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 21 Oct 2025 13:43
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