The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a significant toll on people's mental health, and young people are a particularly affected group, with school closures cutting off millions of both young and older children from their friends, teachers, and any semblan
, but by at least one measure, school closures also seem to have had at least one significant positive effect on students too.from Switzerland, researchers found Swiss teenagers who were home-schooled during school closures between March and June 2020 in the first wave of the pandemic ended up getting significantly more sleep than before the lockdown, which correlated with other improvements in their wellbeing.developmental pediatrics researcher Oskar Jenni from the University of Zurich .
The results were then compared with a previous survey of over 5,300 students conducted in 2017, long before the COVID-19 pandemic began.The comparison showed that during the school week, the home-schooling group woke up around 90 minutes later on average than the teenagers in the control group; however, they also went to bed around 15 minutes later, meaning in total their sleep surplus was about 75 minutes each day.
"Higher values were indicated by the lockdown sample on the items for feeling fit and well, for being full of energy, for having enough time for themselves, and for being able to do the things they wanted in their free time," the researchers"Conversely, adolescents in the lockdown sample indicated feeling lonelier and sadder and having less fun with friends."
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