COVID generation: psychosocial risks for children growing up during the pandemic

Abstract

The pandemic caused by the new coronavirus brought a chaotic reality to the entire world. Children’s routines also have been changing since the new  coronavirus emerged. The purpose of the article was to reflect on the psychosocial risks to which the generation that grows up during the pandemic is exposed. The pandemic and related factors as being far from school, parents, grandparents and friends, can cause negative impact in children’s well-being. Childhood trauma can have long-term consequences. It is necessary to protect not only children’s physical health, but also their psychosocial health which is under great threat. Nursing care is based on a holistic view of the human being,
having an important role during and also after crises. In order for nurses to be able to support specially children population during and after the pandemic period, it is important to know about the various traumas that children may
be experiencing during the pandemic period as they can lead to psychosocial problems such as obesity, alcohol and drug use, self-harm, interpersonal violence, and varied types of mental illness in adulthood.