Parental stress during COVID-19: A brief report on the role of distance education and family resources in an Italian sample.
Curr Psychol
; 40(11): 5749-5752, 2021.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1520473
ABSTRACT
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, school closures have affected over 1.5 billion children worldwide. Many countries implemented a rapid transition to distance education (DE), but the effects of such transition on family life remain largely underexplored. The current study used a cross-sectional, correlational survey design to explore the role of DE and family resources (parenting self-efficacy and family functioning) in perceived stress among Italian parents of first-grade children (N = 89). Results of hierarchical multiple regression indicated that, after controlling for stressful events experienced during school closure, parents' difficulty to manage children's DE was positively linked to levels of stress. However, this association became nonsignificant after adding family resources to the model, with more parental self-efficacy and good family functioning predicting less perceived stress. The findings underscore the importance of supporting positive resources within the family environment to reduce DE-related parental stress in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Language:
English
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Curr Psychol
Year:
2021
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Article
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S12144-021-01454-8
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