TY - JOUR
AU - McCluskey, Gillean
AU - Fry, Deborah
AU - Hamilton, Sarah
AU - King, Albert
AU - Laurie, Margaret
AU - McAra, Lesley
AU - Stewart, Tracy M.
PY - 2021
DA - April
TI - School closures, exam cancellations and isolation: The impact of Covid-19 on young people’s mental health
JO - Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
EP - 59
VL - 26
IS - 1
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13632752.2021.1903182
AB - Schools often provide structure and safety to students but particularly for vulnerable children and young people. The Covid 19 pandemic has caused unprecedented upheaval across society as a whole but it is clear that the effects are uneven and that some groups have been more directly and negatively impacted, both in the UK and globally. While there are now much helpful quantitative data on the effects of Covid 19 on education, there has been little in-depth qualitative study which examines the experiences and attitudes of young people as students and specifically the effect of school closures and exam cancellations on their mental health and wellbeing. This paper discusses findings from online group interviews with a total of 45 young people and aims to understand the impact on mental health and wellbeing and what young people, themselves, suggest would help mitigate the effects of the global pandemic on their mental health and wellbeing in school.
PB - Taylor and Francis
UR - https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/33ff4966-bc49-46da-8d40-e8fffa7e06ea
KW - Mental health and wellbeing
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Education
KW - Children, young people and families
ER