Afectaciones en el bienestar social, psicológico y emocional en la infancia y adolescencia durante el confinamiento del COVID-19

Abstract

The effects on the social, psychological and emotional well-being of children and adolescents during Covid-19 confinement have been reviewed. The objective of this work: to determine the effects on social, psychological and emotional well-being in infants and adolescents during Covid-19 confinement, pointing out the fears they experience during the mandatory quarantine. There are psychosocial consequences that allude to post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety, increased addictions, domestic violence and high suicide rates. One of the fears they experienced, such as panic of contagion and loss of family members is alarming, added to the pandemic and worldwide confinement, education was drastically affected with the massive closure of educational institutions which had as a negative result for children and adolescents to have an adequate social development, Social interaction with people of their age was reduced by turning homes into classrooms and parents into teachers of their children, often reaching the point of not continuing with virtual classes due to problems in the acquisition of electronic tools for the new mode of academic training. The games, the sharing in the playground significantly affected the psycho-affective reaction of those involved. In addition, there were difficulties in attention, memory and concentration in daily life activities and school tasks. The confinement due to the pandemic brought with it multiple social, psychological and emotional affectations.