A survey of more than 1,000 children aged four to 13 found that 62 per cent watched happy, positive films to cheer themselves up.
Other morale-boosting activities included playing outside (64 per cent), watching clips on YouTube (58 per cent), gaming (54 per cent), baking (43 per cent) and doing arts and crafts (42 per cent).
Meanwhile, 34 per cent of the respondents said they have been using apps like FaceTime, HouseParty and Zoom to talk to their friends, rising to 44 per cent among the 12 and 13-year-olds in the study.
The survey also asked about children’s favourite feel-good lockdown films. Top of the list for children aged 4 to 11 was Trolls (U), an animated film following two trolls who go on a quest to save their village from destruction.
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