Stress and parenting during the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Child Abuse Negl
; 110(Pt 2): 104699, 2020 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-722189
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Stress and compromised parenting often place children at risk of abuse and neglect. Child maltreatment has generally been viewed as a highly individualistic problem by focusing on stressors and parenting behaviors that impact individual families. However, because of the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), families across the world are experiencing a new range of stressors that threaten their health, safety, and economic well-being.OBJECTIVE:
This study examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to parental perceived stress and child abuse potential. PARTICIPANTS ANDSETTING:
Participants included parents (N = 183) with a child under the age of 18 years in the western United States.METHOD:
Tests of group differences and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were employed to assess the relationships among demographic characteristics, COVID-19 risk factors, mental health risk factors, protective factors, parental perceived stress, and child abuse potential.RESULTS:
Greater COVID-19 related stressors and high anxiety and depressive symptoms are associated with higher parental perceived stress. Receipt of financial assistance and high anxiety and depressive symptoms are associated with higher child abuse potential. Conversely, greater parental support and perceived control during the pandemic are associated with lower perceived stress and child abuse potential. Results also indicate racial and ethnic differences in COVID-19 related stressors, but not in mental health risk, protective factors, perceived stress, or child abuse potential.CONCLUSION:
Findings suggest that although families experience elevated stressors from COVID-19, providing parental support and increasing perceived control may be promising intervention targets.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parents
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Stress, Psychological
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Mental Health
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Parenting
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Child Abuse Negl
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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