IMPACTOS PSICOLÓGICOS DO DISTANCIAMENTO SOCIAL EM CRIANÇAS DURANTE A PANDEMIA DA COVID-19 APRESENTADOS EM JORNAL

This article discusses the psychological impacts present on children as a result of the social distancing required by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is during childhood that the beginning of the socialization process takes place and the restriction of physical contact brought up several feelings in the children, such as: fear, boredom, difficulty concentrating, irritability and restlessness. Moreover, remote classes required the active presence of parents and guardians, both during classes and school activities. In order to study this phenomenon, the proposed methodology included the modalities of bibliographic and documentary research to cover: specific legislation on the functioning of schools from the beginning of the pandemic until the month of April 2020, the analysis of journalistic articles published in the newspaper A Tribuna de Vitória in April 2020 and the study of Vygotsky's socio-constructivist theory. Data collection accounted for 248 journalistic articles from the following sections: cities, daily life and special report. After submission to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 31 articles were considered and grouped into six categories: parents, schools, concentration difficulties, fear, boredom and changes in eating patterns.