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TL;DR
Both groups demonstrated similar foundational knowledge of COVID-19 (definition, transmission, and rationale for staying home), while children with high intellectual abilities showed greater social awareness of the pandemic's global impact.
Healthcare · 7 authors, 4 centres
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Both groups demonstrated similar foundational knowledge of COVID-19 (definition, transmission, and rationale for staying home), while children with high intellectual abilities showed greater social awareness of the pandemic's global impact.
understanding of the disease, knowledge of transmission routes, and comprehension of stay-at-home measures. Both groups correctly identified COVID-19 as a disease caused by a virus and described transmission routes including physical contact, touching the face, airborne spread, and person-to-person contact, consistent with WHO guidance. Both groups understood that staying home was necessary to prevent contagion. The principal difference was that children with high intellectual abilities demonstrated greater social sensitivity and awareness of the pandemic's global population impact, reflecting their capacity for generalization and reasoning. A limitation acknowledged by the authors is that the online administration of the questionnaire means parental influence on responses cannot be excluded.