Examining Child’s and Parent’s Continued Educational Challenges at Home During COVID-19: Latent Class Analyses (Poster 5): SIG-Early Education and Child Development, 5:00 PM

• In Event: e-Lightening Ed-Talk Session 5

Abstract

The study investigates the impacts of COVID-19 on children and parents’ continued challenges with online education, centering on the influences exerted by family demographic, temperament, and mental health characteristics on 453 and 454 low-income children and parents residing in the City of Toronto, respectively. Longitudinal Latent Class Analyses revealed two groups of children and parents experiencing different challenges with children’s online education from early to later pandemic. The challenges were significantly associated with families’ mental health and children’s temperament. Families with higher socio-economic status had more mental health concerns and were consistently struggling during the pandemic, while those with lower socio-economic status had less mental health issues but experienced a delayed increase in various challenges later into the pandemic.

Authors

• Esther Yu, University of Toronto - OISE

• Samantha Burns, University of Guelph

• Calpanaa Jegatheeswaran, University of Toronto

• Michal Perlman, University of Toronto - OISE