Scrimin Sara, Mastromatteo Libera Ylenia, Hovnanyan Ani, Zagni Benedetta, Rubaltelli Enrico, Pozzoli Tiziana
Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
J Child Fam Stud. 2022;31(8):2215-2228. doi: 10.1007/s10826-022-02339-5. Epub 2022 Jul 4.
In the current study, we conduct an exploratory study on children's emotional and physical health in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The direct and interactive effects of parental stress, family socioeconomic status (SES), and family support on child adjustment were investigated. A total of 116 children of varied socioeconomic and their parents were interviewed. Parents with low household income perceived greater distress related to uncertainty and health worries compared to those with higher household income. However, it was among high-SES families that parental distress was associated with child difficulties. At a multivariate level, children's health was associated with SES, family support, and parental COVID-19 stress. Among families with low household income, when parents perceived low/average COVID-19 stress, family support worked as a protective factor for children's adjustment. Understanding how COVID-19 relates with children's emotional and physical health within families with low and high household income may help to inform recommendations for best practices, for example through family support interventions.
在本研究中，我们针对新冠疫情对儿童的情绪和身体健康进行了一项探索性研究。我们调查了父母压力、家庭社会经济地位（SES）和家庭支持对儿童适应情况的直接和交互影响。共对116名社会经济背景各异的儿童及其父母进行了访谈。与高家庭收入的父母相比，低家庭收入的父母感受到与不确定性和健康担忧相关的更大困扰。然而，在高社会经济地位家庭中，父母的困扰与孩子的困难相关。在多变量层面，儿童健康与社会经济地位、家庭支持以及父母的新冠压力相关。在低家庭收入家庭中，当父母感受到低/中等程度的新冠压力时，家庭支持对儿童的适应起到保护作用。了解新冠疫情如何与不同家庭收入水平家庭中儿童的情绪和身体健康相关，可能有助于为最佳实践提供建议，例如通过家庭支持干预措施。
