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Relationship of Leisure Time Activities and Psychological Distress in School Children

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This questionnaire study on 400 school children found that severe psychological distress using the K 10 scale was seen in 38 (9.5%), and 162 (40.5%) had less than 2 hours of leisure time daily. The prevalence of severe distress was lower in children who had daily time with parents and daily leisure time.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Choithram Hospital and Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Pallavi Bhad, Alpana Awasthi & Gouri Rao Passi

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PB: acquisition and analysis of data; AA: conception and design of the study and critical review of intellectual content; GRP: conception and design of the study, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript.

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Bhad, P., Awasthi, A. & Passi, G.R. Relationship of Leisure Time Activities and Psychological Distress in School Children. Indian Pediatr 56, 686–688 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-019-1603-6

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