4.5 Article

COVID-19 Pandemic and Changes in Children's Behavioral Problems: The Mediating Role of Maternal Depressive Symptoms

期刊

CHILDREN-BASEL
卷 10, 期 6, 页码 -

出版社

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/children10060977

关键词

COVID-19 mental health; depressive symptoms; internalizing behaviors; externalizing behaviors; family systems; stress proliferation

向作者/读者索取更多资源

The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with behavioral problems in children. However, there is a lack of longitudinal studies with pre-pandemic data, and few studies have examined the family context. This study found that the pandemic had a significant negative impact on children's behavior and maternal mental health.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been linked to a range of behavioral problems in children. To date, however, longitudinal studies with data prior to the pandemic are rare, and moreover, few studies have examined the family context. This is notable as evidence suggests that mothers were highly vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic, and stress proliferation models would argue that children's wellbeing are undoubtedly affected by maternal wellbeing. In the current investigation, we examine changes in maternal depressive symptoms and children's behavioral problems from prior to the pandemic to the first few months of COVID-19 in the U.S. The results suggest a significant increase in children's internalizing problems and maternal depressive symptoms. Consistent with stress proliferation models, the relationship between COVID-19-related stressors and children's behavioral problems were mediated by maternal mental health.

作者

我是这篇论文的作者
点击您的名字以认领此论文并将其添加到您的个人资料中。

评论

主要评分

4.5
评分不足

次要评分

新颖性
-
重要性
-
科学严谨性
-
评价这篇论文

推荐

暂无数据
暂无数据