Parenting stress and risk of child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A family stress theory-informed perspective
Developmental Child Welfare
; : 2516103220967937, 2020.
Article
in English
| Sage | ID: covidwho-883551
ABSTRACT
The risk of child maltreatment is heightened during the pandemic due to multiple COVID-19 related stressors, such as physical and mental health concerns, economic stress, challenges in homeschooling, marital conflicts and intimate personal violence, and intensified child?parent relationships. Both parental internal (e.g., parenting styles) and external resources (e.g., social support), and parental perceptions toward stressors will affect how parents cope with these stressors, which may exacerbate or mitigate the risk of child maltreatment. Guided by family stress theory, this article identifies COVID-19 related stressors at the family level, and further elaborates on how these stressors are associated with child maltreatment via parents? resources, perceptions, and coping strategies. Implications for future practice and research are discussed.
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Sage
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Developmental Child Welfare
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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