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- Title
The Impact of COVID-19 on Anxiety and Worries for Families of Individuals with Special Education Needs and Disabilities in the UK.
- Authors
Sideropoulos, V.; Dukes, D.; Hanley, M.; Palikara, O.; Rhodes, S.; Riby, D. M.; Samson, A. C.; Van Herwegen, J.
- Abstract
COVID-19 has affected people across the world. The current study examined anxiety and worries during the first UK national lockdown in March 2020. Parents (n = 402) reported on their own anxiety and worries as well as that of their son/daughter with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and typically developing (TD) child (n = 186) at three time points. Although both groups showed increased anxiety across the three time points, levels of anxiety in the SEND group, but not the TD siblings, were predicted by awareness about COVID-19. In addition, worries differed between the groups showing that COVID-19 impacts the wellbeing of those with SEND differently to that of their TD siblings.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; FAMILIES &; psychology; SPECIAL education; WELL-being; PSYCHOLOGY of children with disabilities; PARENTS of children with disabilities; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ANXIETY; WORRY; STAY-at-home orders; COVID-19 pandemic; PARENTS
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2022, Vol 52, Issue 6, p2656
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-021-05168-5