Said Bouchefra, Safouane El Ghouddany, Karim Ouali, Abdellatif Bour
Is good dietary diversity a predictor of academic success?
Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis
emerging literature current covid19 crisis suggests children may experience increased anxiety depression result pandemic prevent school mental healthrelated problems timely need develop preventive strategies interventions address potential negative impacts covid19 childrens mental health especially school settings results previous child clinical research indicate artbased therapies including mindfulnessbased art therapy shown promise increase childrens wellbeing reduce psychological distress goal present pilot feasibility study compare impact emotionbased directed drawing intervention mandala drawing intervention mental health elementary school children n 22 context covid19 pandemic interventions groupbased delivered online remotely pilot study using randomized cluster design implemented evaluate compare interventions relation child anxiety depression inattention hyperactivity symptoms analyses covariance revealed significant effect type drawing intervention levels inattention controlling baseline levels participants emotionbased directed drawing group showed lower inattention scores posttest compared participants mandala group posthoc sensitivity analyses showed significant decreases pretopost scores levels hyperactivity complete sample overall results pilot feasibility study showed emotionbased directed drawing intervention mandala drawing intervention may beneficial improve mental health elementary school children context current covid19 pandemic feasibility standpoint results indicate implementation interventions online remotely videoconference platform feasible adequate schoolbased settings work incorporating larger sample sizes longitudinal data ensuring sufficient statistical power warranted evaluate longterm impact interventions childrens mental health