Impact of COVID-19 on Children's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptomology, Daily Life, and Problem Behavior During Virtual Learning.

To explore the impact of COVID-19 on daily life and problem behavior during virtual learning, we created and administered a survey to 64 school-aged children (in 2019,  = 9.84 years;  = 0.55 years). Results indicated significant increases in hyperactivity ( = -2.259;  = .027) and inattention ( = -2.811;  = .007) from 2019 to 2020. Decreases in sleep were associated with increases in hyperactivity ( = -0.27;  = .04); increases in time exercising were associated with smaller increases in inattention ( = -0.34,  = .01); and higher levels of parent stress, specifically related to virtual learning, were associated with increases in child inattention ( = 0.57,  = .01). Furthermore, hyperactivity predicted problem behavior during virtual learning ( = 0.31,  = .03).