Family Stress Processes Underlying COVID-19–Related Economic Insecurity for Mothers and Fathers and Children's Internalizing Behaviour Problems

IF 1.6 3区 社会学 Q2 FAMILY STUDIES
Joyce Y. Lee, Shawna J. Lee, Sehun Oh, Amy Xu, Angelise Radney, Christina M. Rodriguez
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COVID-19 and its economic fallout have resulted in unprecedented financial insecurity and material hardship for many American families, with a disproportionately negative impact on children and families from socioeconomically disadvantaged contexts. The current study applied the family stress model to examine the family processes underlying pandemic-related economic insecurity and children's internalizing behaviours. Online survey data from an economically diverse sample of mothers and fathers, who experienced at least one type of pandemic-related economic insecurity in the United States (N = 259), were collected across two longitudinal time points in the early weeks of COVID-19: (1) 14 April and (2) 30 April of 2020. Parental depressive symptoms, negative partner relationship quality and harsh parenting were tested as mediators. Results from the path model showed that pandemic-related economic insecurity was associated with higher levels of parental depressive symptoms, which were then associated with higher levels of negative partner relationship quality. Negative partner relationship quality was subsequently associated with more harsh parenting, which was then associated with increased child internalizing behaviours. Indirect effects were found for all hypothesized mediators. The family stress model can be applied and extended to the early COVID-19 period. Child and family social work implications include targeting parents' mental health, relationship quality and parenting behaviours, as well as directly addressing financial and material hardship, to mitigate the adverse effects of pandemic-related economic insecurity on children's mental health.

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与 COVID-19 相关的母亲和父亲经济不安全及儿童内化行为问题的家庭压力过程
COVID-19 及其经济影响给许多美国家庭带来了前所未有的经济不安全和物质困难,对来自社会经济弱势群体的儿童和家庭造成了极大的负面影响。本研究采用家庭压力模型来研究与大流行病相关的经济不安全和儿童内化行为背后的家庭过程。本研究在 COVID-19 初期的两个纵向时间点(1)2020 年 4 月 14 日和 (2) 4 月 30 日)收集了来自不同经济背景的母亲和父亲的在线调查数据,这些母亲和父亲在美国至少经历了一种与大流行病相关的经济不安全感(N = 259)。父母抑郁症状、消极伴侣关系质量和严厉的养育方式作为中介因素进行了测试。路径模型的结果显示,与大流行病相关的经济不安全与父母抑郁症状水平较高有关,而父母抑郁症状水平较高又与伴侣关系质量较高有关。消极伴侣关系质量随后与更严厉的养育方式相关联,而严厉的养育方式又与儿童内化行为的增加相关联。所有假设的中介因素都产生了间接影响。家庭压力模型可以应用和扩展到早期 COVID-19 阶段。对儿童和家庭社会工作的影响包括针对父母的心理健康、关系质量和养育行为,以及直接解决经济和物质困难,以减轻与大流行病相关的经济不安全对儿童心理健康的不利影响。
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期刊介绍: Child and Family Social Work provides a forum where researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and managers in the field of child and family social work exchange knowledge, increase understanding and develop notions of good practice. In its promotion of research and practice, which is both disciplined and articulate, the Journal is dedicated to advancing the wellbeing and welfare of children and their families throughout the world. Child and Family Social Work publishes original and distinguished contributions on matters of research, theory, policy and practice in the field of social work with children and their families. The Journal gives international definition to the discipline and practice of child and family social work.
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