The effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on maternal mental health and parenting practices moderated by urban green space
Clinical Psychological Science
; 10(6):1151-1167, 2022.
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in English
| APA PsycInfo | ID: covidwho-2273698
ABSTRACT
Stress generates difficulties in parenting, which affects child development. We aimed to understand the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on maternal mental health and parenting practices. We also explored to what extent green space is a protective factor in the aforementioned relationship. We explored heterogeneous lockdown effects using longitudinal georeferenced data for 985 families (mothers and 24- to 30-month-olds) and exploiting localized lockdowns in Chile. Controlling for observed and unobserved fixed characteristics, on average, we did not find an association between lockdown duration and maternal mental health or parenting practices. However, the previous nonsignificant association is heterogeneous across access to green space. Although lockdown duration increased dysfunctional interactions with children for mothers with little access to green space, we did not see the previous effect on mothers who live close to green space. Mothers who do not comply with the lockdown mandate are the ones who drive this heterogeneous effect. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
lockdown; COVID-19; maternal mental health; parenting practices; urban green space, *Childrearing Practices, *Mental Health, *covid-19, *Quarantine, Mothers, Motivation, Parenting, Health Psychology & Medicine [3360], Human Male Female Childhood (birth-12 yrs) Infancy (2-23 mo) Adulthood (18 yrs & older), Chile
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Experimental Studies
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English
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Clinical Psychological Science
Year:
2022
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