The Impact of COVID-19 on Anxiety and Worries for Families of Individuals with Special Education Needs and Disabilities in the UK

COVID-19 has affected people across the world. The current study examined anxiety and worries during the first UK national lockdown in March 2020. Parents (n = 402) reported on their own anxiety and worries as well as that of their son/daughter with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) an...

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Published in:Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2022-06, Vol.52 (6), p.2656-2669
Main Authors: Sideropoulos, V., Dukes, D., Hanley, M., Palikara, O., Rhodes, S., Riby, D. M., Samson, A. C., Van Herwegen, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Child
Child and School Psychology
Communicable Disease Control
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Education, Special
Epidemics
Family
Foreign Countries
Health aspects
Humans
Neurosciences
Original Paper
Parent and child
Parent Attitudes
Pediatrics
People with disabilities
Predictor Variables
Psychological aspects
Psychology
Public Health
Risk factors
SARS-CoV-2
School Closing
Siblings
Social aspects
Special Education
Special needs children
Special needs students
Student Needs
Students with Disabilities
United Kingdom
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Well Being
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Summary:COVID-19 has affected people across the world. The current study examined anxiety and worries during the first UK national lockdown in March 2020. Parents (n = 402) reported on their own anxiety and worries as well as that of their son/daughter with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and typically developing (TD) child (n = 186) at three time points. Although both groups showed increased anxiety across the three time points, levels of anxiety in the SEND group, but not the TD siblings, were predicted by awareness about COVID-19. In addition, worries differed between the groups showing that COVID-19 impacts the wellbeing of those with SEND differently to that of their TD siblings.
ISSN:0162-3257
1573-3432
1573-3432
DOI:10.1007/s10803-021-05168-5