Bahman Aalizadeh, Hassan Mohamadzadeh, Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini
Fundamental Movement Skills among Iranian Primary School Children
Journal of family & reproductive health
covid19 pandemic disrupted daily life economies health prompting strict government measures including nationwide lockdowns school closures uganda resulting significant academic setbacks adolescents coping strategies employed schoolgoing adolescents uganda amidst covid19 pandemic remain inadequately understood study aimed assess coping strategies adopted schoolgoing adolescents early middle late adolescents manafwa watershed recognized one ugandas vulnerable regions covid19 pandemic cross sectional study design conducted i5th may 2023 30th june 2023 762 school going adolescents governmentaided secondary schools within manafwa watershed area adolescent version kidcope tool used evaluate adolescents coping strategies factor analysis identified correlations among adolescents coping strategies independent samples ttest oneway variance analysis anova used comparing mean score differences coping strategies among gender adolescents stages respectively majority n 141 362 participants employed adaptive coping followed negativeemotion coping n 127 326 avoidant coping n 122 313 females employed statistically higher resignation coping strategy compared males mean 12 vs 10 respectively p 0026 higher proportion n 88 693 middle age adolescents employed negativeemotion regulation pvalue 0040 however early adolescence significantly utilized distraction coping strategy middle adolescence mean difference 036 p 0013 pandemic majority schoolgoing adolescents employed adaptive coping mechanisms including positive emotional regulation social support however compared males females employed resignation frequently moreover middleaged adolescents greater propensity negative emotion copying findings study contribute valuable information development targeted interventions support mechanisms adolescents facing unprecedented challenges