González-Pasarín Lucía, Urbano-Contreras Antonio, Bernedo Isabel M, Oliver Jesús
Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos S/N, 29071 Málaga, Spain.
Departamento de Ciencias de la Educación, Facultad de Formación del Profesorado y Educación, Universidad de Oviedo, C/ Aniceto Sela, 1, 33005 Oviedo, Spain.
J Child Fam Stud. 2022;31(2):421-432. doi: 10.1007/s10826-021-02185-x. Epub 2021 Dec 6.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown have had a far-reaching impact across all levels of society. In Spain, severe restrictions were placed on people's mobility, and leaving the home was only possible under special circumstances. This study analyzes the impact of lockdown on the family context of foster and non-foster families, focusing particularly on their levels of cohesion, adaptability, and perceived stress. It also examines a series of variables that may have influenced foster families' perceptions of their family context during lockdown. Data were gathered through an online survey that was completed by 347 individuals corresponding to 100 foster families and 247 non-foster families from different regions of Spain. Analyses were descriptive and exploratory in nature. The results appear to suggest that lockdown has had a greater impact on the family context of non-foster families. With respect to foster families' experiences of lockdown, variables such as loss of employment and having a child with special educational needs would seem to be important. For both types of families, lockdown has provided an opportunity to improve certain aspects of their family context. Given that further lockdowns of some degree may be necessary in the future, it is important to ensure that families have access to the psychoeducational resources they need to maintain, as far as possible, a positive family context.
新冠疫情及其引发的封锁措施对社会各层面都产生了深远影响。在西班牙，人们的行动受到严格限制，只有在特殊情况下才允许离家。本研究分析了封锁对寄养家庭和非寄养家庭家庭环境的影响，尤其关注它们的凝聚力、适应能力和感知压力水平。研究还考察了一系列可能在封锁期间影响寄养家庭对其家庭环境认知的变量。数据通过在线调查收集，来自西班牙不同地区的100个寄养家庭和247个非寄养家庭的347人完成了该调查。分析本质上是描述性和探索性的。结果似乎表明，封锁对非寄养家庭的家庭环境影响更大。关于寄养家庭的封锁经历，诸如失业和有特殊教育需求的孩子等变量似乎很重要。对于这两类家庭而言，封锁都为改善其家庭环境的某些方面提供了契机。鉴于未来可能有必要实施某种程度的进一步封锁，确保家庭能够获得所需的心理教育资源，尽可能维持积极正面的家庭环境，这一点很重要。
