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{"title":"Family communication and child behavior problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.","authors":"Renee Lamoreau, Anna Wilson, Allison Pequet, Hilary Skov, Sarah A O Gray","doi":"10.1037/dev0002078","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0002078","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic posed challenges for many families, with wide-ranging implications for children's mental health. While much prior research has emphasized the developmental harms associated with the pandemic, this study examines how family communication may serve as a protective factor, buffering the impact of COVID-19-related stress on children's internalizing and externalizing problems. Participants included 144 predominantly Black, low-income, and economically marginalized mother-child dyads who were originally enrolled in a longitudinal study of stress and coping (2015-2019). During the pandemic, 76 mothers completed virtual follow-up surveys between October 2020 and April 2021. Multivariate regression analyses were conducted using Mplus (Muthén & Muthén, 2017). Results indicated that higher levels of family communication were significantly associated with fewer child externalizing behaviors. Consistent with study hypotheses, COVID-19-related stress interacted with family communication to yield a significant moderating effect on children's externalizing behaviors. No significant main or interactive effects were found between family communication and child internalizing problems. The study sample was small, and thus generalizability must be carefully considered. This study supports the future exploration of family communication processes as buffering against other potentially traumatic experiences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1969-1984"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12494161/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145214260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Children's mental health and mother-child elaborative reminiscing during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from Estonian and German middle-class families.","authors":"Pirko Tõugu, Lisa Schröder, Tiia Tulviste","doi":"10.1037/dev0001975","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0001975","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of elaborative reminiscing on children's mental health during the pandemic. In 2020, 43 Estonian and German highly educated middle-class parents were asked to audio record reminiscing conversations with their children and to report their own and their children's mental health using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, respectively. The participating children (57% girls) were, on average, 49 months old. Data on children's mental health were also gathered 3 years later. The results showed no links between maternal reminiscing style, maternal mental health, and children's mental health during the pandemic. However, maternal elaborative reminiscing (β = -.33; <i>p</i> = .01), maternal mental health (β = .34; <i>p</i> = .01), and children's mental health during the pandemic (β = .47; <i>p</i> < .001) independently predicted children's mental health 3 years later. Thus, our data suggest that elaborative reminiscing may have a protective effect in adverse situations, with elaborative discussions serving as one possible mechanism to help children cope. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"2031-2040"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144035200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Correlates and influences of Chinese parental communication about the COVID-19 pandemic: The moderating role of parental burnout.","authors":"Tianying Cai, Zexi Zhou, Beiming Yang, Feiyu Wang, Bin-Bin Chen, Yang Qu","doi":"10.1037/dev0001905","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0001905","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite evidence that parental communication about COVID-19 can have short-term benefits such as adolescents' increased health behaviors, less is known about the potential long-term associations between such communication and adolescent adjustment, as well as the family characteristics that facilitate such communication. Moreover, it is important to examine such processes beyond Western societies and broaden the understanding of parental communication in non-Western societies. To fill these gaps in the literature, a two-wave longitudinal study on Chinese families spanning 1 year during the pandemic (July 2020-July 2021) was conducted. Analyses revealed that the relation between parent-adolescent closeness and parental communication about COVID-19 was moderated by parental burnout. Higher parent-adolescent closeness was linked with more communication about COVID-19 only when parents experienced low, but not high, parental burnout. Moreover, the longitudinal associations between parental communication about COVID-19 and adolescent adjustment (i.e., depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and resilience) 1 year later were also moderated by parental burnout. More parental communication about COVID-19 was associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and higher levels of resilience 1 year later only when parents experienced low, but not high, parental burnout. Findings suggest future interventions to target family communication to promote adolescent well-being during challenging times, especially for families who experience higher levels of parental burnout. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1916-1929"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143081735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Profiles of parent-reported family communication about the COVID-19 pandemic: Family predictors and child mental health correlates.","authors":"Angela D Evans, Victoria W Dykstra, Jonathan S Comer, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Tara S Peris, Donna B Pincus, Lindsay C Malloy","doi":"10.1037/dev0001927","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0001927","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined family factors (i.e., parenting style and relationship quality) at the beginning of the pandemic that predicted profiles of family communication about COVID-19 6 months later, as well as communication profile differences in child well-being. Parents (<i>N</i> = 1,025, 66% female, 33.8% male, 0.1% nonbinary) of children aged 5-17 years (<i>M</i>_{child age} = 11.03, <i>SD</i> = 3.38; 53.4% male children; 76.5% non-Hispanic White, 5.6% Black, 2.8% Asian/Pacific Islander, 2.9% Native American/Indigenous, 10.4% Hispanic/Latine, 2.1% another race or ethnicity; approximately half in households with income below $75,000/year) completed surveys during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 (Time 1) and approximately 6 months later (Time 2) about their parenting styles, family relationship quality, family communication about the pandemic, and their child's mental health. Latent profile analysis revealed a five-profile solution of family communication profiles for children (5-11 years; <i>N</i> = 533) and a three-profile solution for adolescents (12-17 years; <i>N</i> = 492). Both parental reports of family relationship quality and parenting styles (Time 1) predicted communication profiles (Time 2), such that better relationship quality and higher authoritative parenting at the start of the pandemic predicted communication profiles characterized by lower avoidant communication and higher active communication about COVID-19. Conversely, lower relationship quality and higher authoritative parenting were predictive of subsequent membership in profiles that were high in both avoidant and active communication. Importantly, across both age groups, parents who reported being higher in both avoidant and active communication about COVID-19 reported higher child mental health problems, whereas parents reporting communication profiles characterized by low avoidance and high active communication reported better child mental health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"2054-2069"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143442395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sibling disclosure and adolescents' coping from before to during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study.","authors":"Weimiao Zhou, Shawn D Whiteman, Aryn M Dotterer, Leslie Page, Sarfaraz Serang, Sahitya Maiya, Jennifer L Maggs, Brian C Kelly, Sarah A Mustillo","doi":"10.1037/dev0001827","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0001827","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The extraordinary disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic created a unique context to investigate the links between family communication and adolescent adjustment. Given that widespread stay-at-home orders increased time spent in the family setting, the present study examined reciprocal links between older and younger adolescent siblings' disclosure toward each other and concurrent and prospective links between those disclosures and their own and their siblings' coping from before to during the early stages of COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were two adolescent-aged siblings (older siblings: 51% female, <i>M</i> = 15.67 years; younger siblings: 48% female, <i>M</i> = 13.14 years) and one parent (85% mothers, <i>M</i> = 45.15 years) from 682 families (<i>N</i> = 2,046) in five Midwestern states in the United States. Participants completed web-based assessments on three occasions: Time 1 (March 2019-February 2020), Time 2 (May 2020-June 2020), and Time 3 (July 2020-February 2021). Using structural equation modeling, results revealed that the prospective reciprocal linkages between older and younger siblings' disclosures were often moderated by the gender composition of the sibling dyad. Further, older and younger siblings' disclosures were both concurrently associated with their own coping during the pandemic but not prospectively associated with later perceived coping. There were mixed findings regarding the actor and partner associations between siblings' disclosure and adolescents' perceived coping. Results emphasize the complexity and bidirectional nature of sibling disclosure and the potential protective effects of disclosing to siblings in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"2041-2053"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11936713/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141972040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"I'm always fighting the Coronavirus because it's dangerous to my family\": Children's agency, resilience, and role in the family during COVID-19 in Israel.","authors":"Or Perah Midbar Alter, Maya Raphael","doi":"10.1037/dev0001884","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0001884","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explores the experiences of Israeli children (<i>N</i> = 50) aged 3-6 years from middle to high socioeconomic status on the COVID-19 pandemic from their own perspectives. Following a qualitative-phenomenological paradigm and utilizing a semistructured interview format designed to involve children through a card game, this research seeks to unearth the nuanced dynamics of parent-child communication against the backdrop of Israel's distinctive sociopolitical context, characterized by \"deep securitization\" and some of the strictest COVID-19 restrictions enforced globally. Based on the interviews conducted with children, four main themes emerged: (1) how children were exposed to information; (2) types of information children were exposed to; (3) active mediation versus restrictive mediation; and (4) militant discourse and desire to fight. Incorporating multisystem theory (Masten & Narayan, 2012) to explore the interplay of risk and protective factors, the study situates these within Israel's unique sociopolitical context which engendered expressions of resilience and agency among young children. By highlighting the interrelationships between national security measures and family life, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of the complex factors that affected young children's experiences during the pandemic, highlighting the workings of the transformation of adversity into resilience within contextually specific settings during times of crises. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1943-1956"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142630802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stability and change in mother-child reminiscing following intervention: Pandemic and reminiscing and emotion training influences.","authors":"Kristin Valentino, Katherine Edler, Karen P Jacques, Jennie M Boulus, Lijuan Wang","doi":"10.1037/dev0001894","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0001894","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This longitudinal study aimed to examine the long-term effects of Reminiscing and Emotion Training (RET), child maltreatment, and the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal elaboration and sensitive guidance during reminiscing. RET was developed to improve maternal elaborative and emotionally sensitive reminiscing among maltreating mothers of preschool-aged children. Of the original 248 mothers and their preschool-aged children who participated in the trial of RET, which included 165 families with maltreatment who were randomized to receive RET (<i>n</i> = 83) or a case management community standard condition (CS, <i>n</i> = 82), and a group of demographically similar families with no history of child maltreatment, nonmaltreatment comparison (NC, <i>n</i> = 83), 166 families participated in an assessment 5 years postintervention (Time 5; T5) at which children were aged 8-12 years. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic occurred midway through the collection of T5. Results of piecewise growth models including five waves of data indicated that mothers in the RET group on average remained higher in sensitive guidance and elaboration at T5 than mothers in the CS group. Mothers in the CS group on average remained lower in sensitive guidance and elaboration than the NC group at T5. Following intervention-related change between T1 and T2, all three groups demonstrated stability in mothers' trajectories of reminiscing from T2 to T5. The pandemic onset did not significantly affect maternal reminiscing at T5 or change in reminiscing from T2 to T5. The implications of the sustained benefits of RET on maternal reminiscing over two developmental periods are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1999-2012"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12213990/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142916022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"Washing our hands is a superpower\": Parent-child conversations about COVID-19 are longitudinally associated with children's social-emotional adjustment and their conceptualizations of the pandemic.","authors":"Jenna E Finch, Emily J Starr, Kimia Akhavein, Holly Hatton","doi":"10.1037/dev0001928","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0001928","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Families with young school-age children experienced unique challenges during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This longitudinal, mixed-methods study explored links between parent-child conversations early in the COVID-19 pandemic and children's later social-emotional adjustment and conceptualizations of the pandemic. In a socioeconomically diverse (36% low-income) sample of 183 families, parents (94% women, 6% men) reported on the content of their conversations about the COVID-19 pandemic in Spring 2020 with their young school-age children (81% White, 8% Hispanic/Latine, 2% Asian/Pacific Islander, 1% Black, 8% multiracial/other; 46% girls, 54% boys, <i>M</i>_age = 7.15 years). Key themes identified in parent-child conversations included precautionary measures, the seriousness of the pandemic, the possibility of death or hospitalization, and collective safety efforts. Findings revealed that the content of early conversations, as reported by parents, had significant associations with children's externalizing, attentional, and internalizing behavior problems 6-18 months later (Fall 2020 to Spring 2022; <i>M</i>_age = 8.01 years). Children were interviewed about their understandings of the pandemic, and their explanations echoed themes raised earlier in parent-child conversations, with added emphasis on children's emotional experiences and disruptions to their daily routines. The results highlight the evolving nature of parents' and children's understandings as the pandemic progressed, as well as the developmental and contextual influences on children's conceptualizations of the pandemic and the content of parent-reported parent-child conversations. This study underscores the importance of parental communication for children's responses to global crises, highlighting how informed and supportive dialogues may support children's well-being during challenging times. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"2013-2030"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143081724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding adolescents' family communication during COVID-19: An ecological momentary design study.","authors":"Shedrick L Garrett, Kaitlyn Burnell, Jolien Trekels, Mitchell J Prinstein, Eva H Telzer","doi":"10.1037/dev0002008","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0002008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The COVID-19 pandemic presented many new challenges for families to navigate. The present study took place between May and September 2020 and included a racially diverse sample of adolescents (34% White/European, 30% Latine, 24% Black/African American, 9% multiracial/other race; <i>N</i> = 213, <i>M</i>_age = 15 years, 53% girls). Participants reported their affective responses to COVID-19 in a baseline survey and completed 14 days of ecological momentary assessments (3× daily) of the frequency, mode, and quality of communication with their parents and siblings, and their positive and negative affect. Adolescents with more COVID-19 negative affect reported more frequent digital communication with their siblings and reported the quality of their communication with parents and siblings as more negative. During hours when adolescents reported the quality of their communication with parents as more positive, they also reported higher positive affect and lower negative affect. During hours when adolescents reported the quality of their communication with siblings as more positive, they reported higher positive affect in the same hour. Relatedly, during hours with less negative communication with parents and siblings, adolescents reported more positive affect in the same hour. These associations were not contingent on if communication was digital or in-person. Results highlight the importance of the quality of family communication for understanding adolescents' emotions during the pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1891-1902"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144477376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Mother-child reminiscing of emotional events during the pandemic: The role of changing family relationships and maternal prepandemic depression.","authors":"Xin Feng, Yihui Gong, Meingold Hiu-Ming Chan, Karis Inboden, Qi Wang","doi":"10.1037/dev0002036","DOIUrl":"10.1037/dev0002036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the role of pandemic-induced changes in family relationships and maternal prepandemic depression in mother-child reminiscing during the pandemic and how this reminiscing in turn related to child outcomes. Mother-preschooler dyads (N = 69) were recruited from a larger longitudinal study, with 45% of mothers having a history of major depressive disorder before the pandemic. The dyads discussed the most positive and negative events (nominated by the mother) that the child experienced during the lockdown period. Mothers' emotion-related utterances were coded for emotion coaching and narrative style. Mothers also reported changing family relationships (family togetherness, household disagreements) during the pandemic prior to the reminiscing task. A principal component analysis on maternal emotion coaching and narrative style revealed two factors: <i>interactive</i> and <i>explanatory</i> emotion talk. Regression analyses indicated an interaction between maternal prepandemic depression and household disagreement (i.e., household disagreement was associated with less interactive emotion talk only for mothers with major depressive disorder) and a positive effect of family togetherness in predicting mothers' interactive emotion talk. Further, maternal interactive emotion talk predicted child decreased internalizing symptoms and explanatory emotion talk predicted improved autobiographical memory retrieval. These results underscore the importance of family emotional reminiscing in children's well-being during stressful times. Our findings offer insights for interventions aimed at promoting positive outcomes for children facing adversity. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).</p>","PeriodicalId":48464,"journal":{"name":"Developmental Psychology","volume":" ","pages":"1957-1968"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12330948/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144676204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}