TABLE 2.
Perceived posttraumatic growth in children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Preschool children (≤6 years) |
School children (>6 years) |
Total | |
|
Theme 1: Importance of intra- and extra-familial relationships (corresponding to PTG factor “relating to others”) |
CPSTABLEENTER 73.6% | CPSTABLEENTER 43.3% | 53.2% |
| Growing together as a family, cohesion, joint actions (+) | 15.1% | 15.6% | 15.4% |
| A lot of time with parents and family | 39.1% | 21.6% | 27.8% |
| Dad and relationship with sibling(s) (+) | 16.9% | 6.2% | 10.0% |
| Extended relationships | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.5% |
|
Theme 2: New competences and experiences (corresponding to PTG factor “new possibilities”) |
CPSTABLEENTER 7.5% | CPSTABLEENTER 30.9% | 22.6% |
| Independence, adaptability | 3.6% | 17.8% | 12.7% |
| New experiences incl. home schooling | 3.1% | 6.6% | 5.4% |
| Digitalisation, new competences | 0.8% | 6.5% | 4.5% |
|
Theme 3: Values and virtues (corresponding to PTG factor “appreciation of life”) |
CPSTABLEENTER 7.4% | CPSTABLEENTER 11.9% | 10.3% |
| Appreciation, virtues, doing something good for others (+) | 6.6% | 11.1% | 9.5% |
| Mindfulness, taking care of yourself | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
|
Theme 4: Use of time (corresponding to PTG factor “appreciation of life”) |
CPSTABLEENTER10.6% | CPSTABLEENTER10.0% | 10.3% |
| Creativity, fantasy, time | 2.4% | 1.7% | 2.0% |
| Deceleration | 8.2% | 8.3% | 8.3% |
|
Theme 5: Family strength (corresponding to PTG factor “personal strengths”) |
CPSTABLEENTER0.9% | CPSTABLEENTER2.7% | 2.1% |
| Sum | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| N = documents | 937 | 1,715 | 2,652 |
Percentages in bold indicate significant differences between the two age groups.