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Child behavior problems during COVID-19: Associations with parent distress and child social-emotional skills.
Sun, Jing; Singletary, Britt; Jiang, Hui; Justice, Laura M; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Purtell, Kelly M.
  • Sun J; Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
  • Singletary B; Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
  • Jiang H; Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
  • Justice LM; Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
  • Lin TJ; Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
  • Purtell KM; Department of Educational Studies, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America.
J Appl Dev Psychol ; 78: 101375, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1568498
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated government-mandated shutdowns disrupted schooling, socialization, and family life for school-aged children during spring 2020. These disruptions may have contributed to increased child behavior problems. Thus, we examined behavior problems in 247 children aged 7 to 9 years during Ohio's shutdown period. We investigated whether differences in parent-reported child behavior problems were associated with concurrent parent distress during spring 2020 and/or children's social-emotional skills measured via teacher-reports from the previous year (spring 2019). Parent distress significantly predicted behavior problems, such that more distressed parents also reported more child behavior problems. Child pre-pandemic peer social skills also significantly predicted behavior problems, such that more skilled children exhibited fewer behavior problems. There were no interaction effects between parent distress and children's social-emotional skills on child behavior problems. Further research is needed to understand how children's social-emotional skills impact their ability to cope during times of epidemiological crisis.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: J Appl Dev Psychol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.appdev.2021.101375

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: J Appl Dev Psychol Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.appdev.2021.101375