Review Remote education is decreasing anxiety, increasing wellbeing for some students

[maherou]

Title/Year

Remote education is decreasing anxiety, increasing wellbeing for some students, November 2020

Link

https://bigthink.com/personal-growth/remote-education

Summary

Some students find that remote education help their learning. The statistics are taken from a two-part study of the same group of middle-school-aged kids, with the first study occurring before the pandemic and the second after. Raw stats show that anxiety levels lessened (got better) and depression rates were about the same, but not for all subgroups. The article then went into informed speculation (but still speculation) about why.

Key Points

Quote from article “The researchers discovered that mental health among the U.K.'s adolescents has, surprisingly, improved during these trying times. Although 90 percent of students agreed that COVID-19 is a serious issue, their responses indicated an overall decrease in their risk of anxiety, an increase in their well-being, and no major changes to their risk of depression.”
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[amoralesg001]

This article brought an interesting perspective -- kids view during the Covid-19 pandemic. Later in the article, they highlight that some reasons they might be seeing a decrease in anxiety is because most students in the study age group have limited social media. I am curious to see the same study on students who are in High School and whether Social Media (along with aspects of FOMO) has an impact on their mental-health during Covid. Or, social media has helped connect students with one another during the pandemic.