Material hardship and parenting stress among grandparent kinship providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of grandparents' mental health.
Child Abuse Negl
; 110(Pt 2): 104700, 2020 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-726456
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of many families, including grandparent kinship families, to deal with a health/economic crisis. The fear of COVID-19 plus stay-at-home orders have increased individuals' psychological distress. Moreover, school closures and homeschooling further increased parenting stress among caregivers.OBJECTIVES:
This study examined the relationship between material hardship and parenting stress among grandparent kinship providers, and assessed grandparents' mental health as a potential mediator to this relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. PARTICIPANTS ANDSETTING:
Grandparent kinship providers (N = 362) that took primary care of their grandchildren participated in a cross-sectional survey via Qualtrics Panels in June 2020 in the United States.METHODS:
Descriptive and bivariate analyses, binary logistic regression, and mediation analyses were conducted using STATA 15.0.RESULTS:
Suffering material hardship was significantly associated with higher odds of experiencing parenting stress among grandparent kinship providers, and grandparents' mental health partially mediated this association.CONCLUSIONS:
Addressing material and mental health needs among grandparent kinship providers is critical to decreasing their parenting stress.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stress, Psychological
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Mental Health
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Parenting
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Grandparents
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Child Abuse Negl
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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