Related Factors to the social interactions of school-age children during the Covid 19 pandemic Ning Arti Wulandari, Erni Setiyorini, Khusnul Arifianti
STIKes Patria Husada Blitar
Abstract
Corona^s disease (Covid 19) has become a global pandemic. Social distancing is recommended to prevent transmission. Countries have made policies to dismiss schools to prevent transmission to children. The situation will have an impact on children^s social interactions. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that influence social interaction in school age children during the Covid 19 pandemic. The design of this study uses correlation. The sample in this study was 73 respondents taken by accidental sampling technique. Online data collection methods with structured interviews via videocall. This research was conducted in June 2020. The results showed that there was a relationship between children^s social interactions with smartphone using intensitys (P value = 0,000) and parents^ work (P value = 0.034), while the gender were unrelated. Data analysis uses multiple logistic regression. The covid 19 pandemic this has changed the pattern of communication into online, so that even though it is enacted psychically distancing pre-school age children can still do social interactions by using smart phones. So parents are required to spend time accompanying children in using the smartphone in social interaction
Keywords: school age children, Social interaction, covid 19
Topic: Mental Health, Community, Family Health and Gerontological Nursing
