Impact of COVID-19 on Children's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptomology, Daily Life, and Problem Behavior During Virtual Learning.

To explore the impact of COVID-19 on daily life and problem behavior during virtual learning, we created and administered a survey to 64 school-aged children (in 2019, M  = 9.84 years; SD  = 0.55 years). Results indicated significant increases in hyperactivity ( t  = -2.259; p  = .027) and inattention ( t  = -2.811; p  = .007) from 2019 to 2020. Decreases in sleep were associated with increases in hyperactivity ( B  = -0.27; p  = .04); increases in time exercising were associated with smaller increases in inattention ( B  = -0.34, p  = .01); and higher levels of parent stress, specifically related to virtual learning, were associated with increases in child inattention ( B  = 0.57, p  = .01). Furthermore, hyperactivity predicted problem behavior during virtual learning ( B  = 0.31, p  = .03).