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The daily assessment of stress in children has gained importance over the past 20 years. (Picture: Megan Skelly)
* The appearance, extracurricular activities and being alone promote it.
* The report describes 25 situations that influence child development.
* Stress makes them develop anxiety and depression.

Researchers at the University of Manchester have created the ‘Everyday Stressors Inventory (QFII)’, a method aimed at schoolchildren. According to experts, worry about physical appearance, participate in many extracurricular activities and being alone a long time are some of the factors that influence the risk of childhood stress.
“The figures support the need for specific assessment instruments from everyday stress that target child population,” said Maria Victoria Trianes, lead researcher and professor at the University of Malaga.

The report, published in Spanish Psicothema, has 25 items of everyday situations in the areas of health, school, family and relationship among equals, each remarkable in child development. The inventory also validated with other sources such as teachers and parents.

“The QFII provides valuable guidelines for the development of psychoeducational intervention to improve school life and to encourage children to develop appropriate tools for managing daily stress throughout their lives,” says the researcher.
Experts say stress causes children and teens develop anxiety and depressive symptomatology, sleep and food, disruptive behavior and poor academic performance. In addition, there are also physical health consequences. Therefore, “effective prevention and treatment have implications for mental health and optimal development in childhood and adolescence,” concluded the professor.

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