The Impact of School Closures on Learning and Mental Health of Children: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic.

IF 10.5 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Perspectives on Psychological Science Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-10 DOI:10.1177/17456916231181108

Deni Mazrekaj, Kristof De Witte

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Abstract

To curb the spread of the coronavirus, almost all countries implemented nationwide school closures. Suddenly, students experienced a serious disruption to their school and social lives. In this article, we argue that psychological research offers crucial insights for guiding policy about school closures during crises. To this end, we review the existing literature on the impact of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on children's learning and mental health. We find that the unprecedented scale and length of school closures resulted in a substantial deficit in children's learning and a deterioration in children's mental health. We then provide policy recommendations on how to ensure children's learning and psychosocial development in the future. Specifically, we recommend that more attention should be paid to students from marginalized groups who are most in need of intervention, evidence-informed and personality-tailored mental-health and social- and emotional-learning programs should be implemented in schools, and generational labels should be avoided.

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学校关闭对儿童学习和心理健康的影响：从 COVID-19 大流行中汲取的教训。

为了遏制冠状病毒的传播，几乎所有国家都在全国范围内实施了停课。突然之间，学生们的学校和社会生活受到了严重干扰。在这篇文章中，我们认为心理学研究为指导危机期间学校关闭政策提供了至关重要的见解。为此，我们回顾了有关 COVID-19 大流行期间学校关闭对儿童学习和心理健康影响的现有文献。我们发现，前所未有的停课规模和停课时间导致了儿童学习能力的严重不足和儿童心理健康的恶化。随后，我们就今后如何确保儿童的学习和心理发展提出了政策建议。具体而言，我们建议应更多地关注最需要干预的边缘化群体的学生，应在学校实施有实证依据的、针对个人的心理健康和社会情感学习计划，并应避免代际标签。

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Perspectives on Psychological Science PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

CiteScore

22.70

自引率

4.00%

发文量

111

期刊介绍： Perspectives on Psychological Science is a journal that publishes a diverse range of articles and reports in the field of psychology. The journal includes broad integrative reviews, overviews of research programs, meta-analyses, theoretical statements, book reviews, and articles on various topics such as the philosophy of science and opinion pieces about major issues in the field. It also features autobiographical reflections of senior members of the field, occasional humorous essays and sketches, and even has a section for invited and submitted articles. The impact of the journal can be seen through the reverberation of a 2009 article on correlative analyses commonly used in neuroimaging studies, which still influences the field. Additionally, a recent special issue of Perspectives, featuring prominent researchers discussing the "Next Big Questions in Psychology," is shaping the future trajectory of the discipline. Perspectives on Psychological Science provides metrics that showcase the performance of the journal. However, the Association for Psychological Science, of which the journal is a signatory of DORA, recommends against using journal-based metrics for assessing individual scientist contributions, such as for hiring, promotion, or funding decisions. Therefore, the metrics provided by Perspectives on Psychological Science should only be used by those interested in evaluating the journal itself.