Parenting stress among Latine mothers during the pandemic predicts children's emotional distress

IF 2.1 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101873

Julia Mendez Smith , Sihong Li , Kaitlin Quick , Philip Fisher

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted Latine families, who experienced disproportionate rates of infection and economic hardship. Using a national sample collected between April 2020 and September 2022, we explored parenting stress among 2191 Latine mothers of children under six years old in the U.S. Path analysis confirmed that household experiences of material hardship, but not parental unemployment, significantly predicted increases in parenting stress. Elevated parenting stress during the pandemic was further associated with significant increases in child fussiness/defiance and fear/anxiety behaviors. In addition, parental unemployment had a direct negative effect on children's fussiness/defiance behaviors. Structural Topic Modeling (Roberts, 2019) discerned 11 themes from open-ended survey responses provided in English on what was challenging for Latine mothers and their families. Four topics– cost of basic needs (food), disrupted family life and social isolation, struggles with emotional distress, and lack of childcare/early intervention services –were significant predictors of parenting stress, which was linked to significant increases in children's emotional distress. Universal and targeted strategies to promote resilience for Latine children are discussed.

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大流行期间拉丁裔母亲的育儿压力预示着儿童的情绪困扰

2019冠状病毒病大流行对拉丁裔家庭产生了负面影响，他们经历了不成比例的感染率和经济困难。利用2020年4月至2022年9月期间收集的全国样本，我们探讨了美国2191名6岁以下儿童的拉丁裔母亲的育儿压力。路径分析证实，家庭物质困难的经历，而不是父母失业，显著预测了育儿压力的增加。大流行期间育儿压力的增加与儿童挑拣/蔑视和恐惧/焦虑行为的显著增加进一步相关。此外，父母失业对儿童的挑拣行为有直接的负向影响。结构主题模型（Roberts, 2019）从英语提供的开放式调查回复中发现了11个主题，这些主题是关于拉丁母亲及其家庭面临的挑战。四个主题——基本需求（食物）成本、家庭生活中断和社会孤立、与情绪困扰作斗争以及缺乏托儿/早期干预服务——是养育压力的重要预测因素，这与儿童情绪困扰的显著增加有关。讨论了促进拉丁裔儿童适应能力的普遍和有针对性的战略。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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5.10

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3.30%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.