Variations in Circadian Rhythmicity and Students' Gender-Related Psychological Conditions during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Autor/inn/en	Sabaoui, Ikram; Lotf, Said; Talbi, Mohammed
Titel	Variations in Circadian Rhythmicity and Students' Gender-Related Psychological Conditions during the COVID-19 Lockdown
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 11 (2021), Artikel 355 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lotf, Said)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Sleep; Change; Gender Differences; Psychological Patterns; COVID-19; Pandemics; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Middle School Students; Depression (Psychology); Rating Scales; Predictor Variables; Morocco; Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schlaf; Wandel; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Rating-Skala; Prädiktor; Marokko
Abstract	In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic experienced around the world, new student lifestyles have had an impact on their daily behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine post-traumatic stress associated with the initial COVID-19 crisis in students (N = 280) with a mean age of 13 ± 1.70 and to determine the relationship between their reported daily behaviors in terms of their gender. The study was conducted primarily in Casablanca and Marrakech, the two cities most affected by the pandemic at the time of the study in Morocco in May 2020. Our sample consists of 133 high school students and 147 middle school students, 83.6% of whom are females. Students were asked to answer questions based on an Activity Biorhythm Questionnaire, the Post-Traumatic Stress Scale (Weathers et al., 1993), the Hamilton Scale (Hamilton, 1960), the Worry Domains Questionnaire (Tallis, Eyzenck, Mathews, 1992), and the Visual Analog Scale of Moods (VASM) (Stern et al., 1997). The results obtained confirm that there is a significant relationship between the circadian rhythm of some variables and gender in some activities such as academic study (p < 0.05) and TV and Internet use (p < 0.05) and was highly significant for physical activity (p = 0.001), while others are not significant in relation to other schedules of the same variables or in relation to others. Likewise, for the psychological conditions, significant relationships with mood states and depressive tendencies were confirmed. In lockdown, the students' daily lives underwent changes in circadian rhythm and lifestyle. Therefore, it is necessary to treat their current psychological problems and avoid future complications. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01