Clinical Child and Family Studies, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Youth and Family, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Utrecht University.
Dev Psychol. 2021 Oct;57(10):1559-1562. doi: 10.1037/dev0001252.
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about worldwide challenges and had a profound impact on family dynamics, relationships, and routines. At the same time, the impact may differ largely due to regional differences in the numbers of infections and severity of preventive measures, as well as individual and contextual risk and protective factors. The aims of this special issue were therefore to (a) provide insight into the impact of the pandemic on the family system and (b) increase our understanding of how this impact may differ between families. This special issue consists of 13 original empirical studies that show how the pandemic affected families across different levels of the family system. At first sight, it seems that many families were able to cope relatively well with the stressors. Yet, for others the demands of the pandemic and pandemic-related measures seemed to exceed their capabilities and available resources. Importantly, the studies in this special issue suggest that the pandemic disproportionally affected children, caregivers and families who were already at risk. Together, the contributions to the special issue offer knowledge on the consequences of both the pandemic and preventive measures on family functioning. At the same time, it also raises questions on the long-term impact of the pandemic and its impact on families who are currently underrepresented in empirical research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
2020 年 3 月 11 日，世界卫生组织宣布 COVID-19 疫情为大流行。COVID-19 大流行给全球带来了挑战，对家庭动态、人际关系和日常生活产生了深远的影响。同时，由于感染人数和预防措施的严重程度、个体和背景风险和保护因素在区域上存在差异，其影响可能有很大的不同。因此，本期特刊的目的是：(a) 深入了解大流行对家庭系统的影响；(b) 增加我们对这种影响如何因家庭而异的理解。本期特刊由 13 篇原始实证研究组成，展示了大流行如何影响家庭系统的不同层次。乍一看，似乎许多家庭能够相对较好地应对压力。然而，对于其他人来说，大流行的需求和与大流行相关的措施似乎超出了他们的能力和可用资源。重要的是，本期特刊中的研究表明，大流行不成比例地影响了已经处于风险之中的儿童、照顾者和家庭。总的来说，本期特刊中的研究为大流行及其对家庭功能的预防措施的后果提供了知识。同时，它也提出了关于大流行的长期影响及其对目前在实证研究中代表性不足的家庭的影响的问题。
