Lam Chun Bun, Lam Chung Sze, Chung Kevin Kien Hoa
Department of Early Childhood Education, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
J Soc Pers Relat. 2022 Jun;39(6):1759-1767. doi: 10.1177/02654075211066617.
In the face of COVID-19, many schools have to educate their students using online activities. During this time, whether and how parents are involved may be of particular importance for young children-who are less able to learn independently via the Internet due to their developmental immaturity. Therefore, this study examined the cross-sectional association of maternal involvement in child online learning with child adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic and tested maternal mindfulness as a moderator. Data were collected from 236 mothers of kindergarten-aged children (mean age = 55.91 months; 75% of them were girls) during the fourth wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong, China. Using paper-and-pencil questionnaires, mothers rated their involvement and mindfulness and their children's pre-academic ability and internalizing and externalizing behaviors and provide demographic information. Regression models revealed that maternal involvement was associated positively with child pre-academic ability and negatively with child internalizing behaviors, but such associations were only significant for children with more mindful mothers. Maternal mindfulness did not moderate the negative association between maternal involvement and child externalizing behaviors. Findings highlighted the role of maternal mindfulness in child development, suggesting that it may be crucial to promote maternal involvement and mindfulness during the pandemic and perhaps beyond.
面对新冠疫情，许多学校不得不通过线上活动对学生进行教育。在此期间，家长是否参与以及如何参与，对于年幼的孩子来说可能尤为重要，因为他们由于发育不成熟，通过互联网自主学习的能力较弱。因此，本研究考察了在新冠疫情期间母亲参与孩子在线学习与孩子适应情况之间的横断面关联，并检验了母亲的正念作为调节变量的作用。在中国香港新冠疫情第四波爆发期间，收集了236名幼儿园儿童母亲的数据（平均年龄 = 55.91个月；其中75%为女孩）。母亲们通过纸笔问卷对自己的参与度和正念程度、孩子的学前能力、内化和外化行为进行评分，并提供人口统计学信息。回归模型显示，母亲的参与与孩子的学前能力呈正相关，与孩子的内化行为呈负相关，但这些关联仅在母亲正念程度较高的孩子中显著。母亲的正念并没有调节母亲参与和孩子外化行为之间的负相关。研究结果突出了母亲正念在孩子发展中的作用，表明在疫情期间及之后促进母亲的参与和正念可能至关重要。
