THE EFFECT OF CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) ON MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG PALESTINIAN CHILDREN VICTIMS OF BULLYING: SOCIAL SUPPORT AS MEDIATING VARIABLE
| dc.contributor.author | Shahd Mansour | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-05T19:13:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-06-05T19:13:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06-26 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Previous studies showed that COVID-19 has negative effects on mental health by increasing depression and anxiety (Mahamid et al., 2021; Li et al., 2020). Moreover, bullying- according to previous studies- could affect mental health negatively. However, social support could positively affect mental health. Accordingly, this study aimeds at examining the effect of COVID-19 on children's mental health among victims of bullying and cyberbullying. Moreover, social support was tested as a mediating variable. The sample of this study consisted of (141) bullied children between the ages (9-13) years old. All of them were Palestinian Arabs living in Israel and from different primary schools. They were chosen by school counselors and class educators. Results: Data was collected using; Multidimensional Bullying Victimization Scale (MBVS), Adolescents Cyber-Victimization Scale (CYBVICS), the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Questionnaire measuring the effect of COVID-19 on mental health outcomes, the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS), and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS). There was a positive correlation between Fear of COVID-19 and traditional bullying, cyber bullying, depression, and anxiety. Moreover, social support was correlated negatively with traditional bullying and cyber bullying. Also, there erre differences in traditional bullying, cyber bullying, depression, and parents' difficulties reported, as a function of parent marital status. Conclusion: This study was a comprehensive investigation that can be used extendedly on victims of bullying by training teachers and guiding parents to construct an emotional intervention plan to support those children emotionally and socially. Keywords: Covid19, Mental health, Depression, Anxiety, Bullying, Cyber bullying, Social support. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11888/18976 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.supervisor | Dr. Fayez Mahamid Dr. Guido Veronese | |
| dc.title | THE EFFECT OF CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) ON MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG PALESTINIAN CHILDREN VICTIMS OF BULLYING: SOCIAL SUPPORT AS MEDIATING VARIABLE | |
| dc.type | Thesis |