Associations between Self-esteem, Social Support, Family Empowerment, and Health Empowerment among Children during the COVID-19 Pandemic
10.12799/rcphn.2024.00794
- Author:
Hye-Jin KIM
1
Author Information
1. Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Catholic Kwandong University, Gangneung, Korea
- Publication Type:Original Article
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2025;36(1):49-58
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Purpose:This study aimed to identify associations between self-esteem, social support, family empowerment, and health empowerment among children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted among fifth- to sixth-grade children and their parents who were recruited from C elementary school in Gangwon-do, South Korea. The health empowerment, self-esteem, and social support as reported by children were measured by the Korean version of Health Empowerment Scale (K-HES), Self-Esteem Scale, and Perceived Social Support, respectively. The family empowerment as reported by parents of children was measured by the Family Empowerment Scale. Linear regression analysis was performed.
Results:Of the participants, children’s self-esteem (β=.46, p<.001) and social support (β=.47, p<.001) and parents’ family empowerment (β=.27, p=.008) were significantly and positively associated with children’s health empowerment.
Conclusion:Among children in health-vulnerable environments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, establishing interventions for improving health empowerment needs to be considered as a nursing strategy for self-esteem, social support, and family empowerment at the intrapersonal and interpersonal levels.
