Chongqing Early Childhood Education Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Research Center, Chongqing Normal University, No. 37 Middle Road, University Town, Gaoxin District, 401331, Chongqing, China.
The First Kindergarten of Chengdu, 610058, Sichuan, China.
BMC Psychol. 2023 Mar 9;11(1):65. doi: 10.1186/s40359-023-01106-5.
Young children's epidemic awareness and risk prevention about public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 are issues of great importance deserving research.
To explore the effect of young children's epidemic cognition on their coping behavior, and the mediating role of emotion.
An online anonymous survey was administrated on 2221 Chinese parents of young children aged three to six during the COVID-19 overwhelming period.
(1) The epidemic cognition (M = 4.17, SD = 0.73), the coping behavior (M = 4.16, SD = 0.65), and the emotion (M = 3.99, SD = 0.81) were at a relatively high level. (2) Young children's epidemic cognition significantly predicted their coping behavior (β = 0.71, t = 45.29, P < 0.001). The positive prediction effect of epidemic cognition on young children's emotion was significant (β = 0.19, t = 8.56, P < 0.001), and emotion had a significant positive predictive effect on young children's coping behavior (β = 0.20, t = 4.89, P < 0.001).
Young children's epidemic cognition can significantly predict their coping behavior, and emotion plays a significant mediating role in their relation. It is necessary for practitioners to optimize the contents and methods of epidemic education on young children.
儿童对新冠等突发公共卫生事件的疫情认知和风险防范意识非常重要，值得研究。
探讨幼儿疫情认知对其应对行为的影响，以及情绪的中介作用。
在新冠疫情期间，采用线上匿名问卷调查了 2221 名 3-6 岁幼儿的家长。
（1）疫情认知（M=4.17，SD=0.73）、应对行为（M=4.16，SD=0.65）和情绪（M=3.99，SD=0.81）处于较高水平。（2）幼儿的疫情认知显著预测其应对行为（β=0.71，t=45.29，P<0.001）。疫情认知对幼儿情绪的正向预测作用显著（β=0.19，t=8.56，P<0.001），情绪对幼儿应对行为的正向预测作用显著（β=0.20，t=4.89，P<0.001）。
幼儿的疫情认知能显著预测其应对行为，情绪在两者关系中起显著中介作用。有必要优化幼儿疫情教育的内容和方法。
