Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, 80-309 Gdansk, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 15;19(24):16883. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416883.
(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to many negative changes in everyday functioning. This study aimed to establish how it impacts parental responsiveness towards their children; (2) Methods: 132 couples (N = 264) who were parents of young children (from 3 to 24 months; M = 12.61; SD = 6.71) participated in this study. The Parental Responsiveness Scale was used to measure parental responsiveness toward their own child and the Polish adaptation of the My Emotions Scale was used to measure emotional reactions to the child's cry. We collected data about perceived stress, fear of being affected by COVID-19, and emotional overload caused by the pandemic. An analysis using actor-partner interdependence models was carried out; (3) Results: there were actor effects for both parental responsiveness and reactions to the child's cry (for all measured aspects (frustration, amusement, anxiety, empathy, sympathy)). For women, parental responsiveness was a negative partner effect of stress, and for men, there was a positive effect of fear of being infected, emotional overload, and stress; (4) Conclusions: these results show how important it is to take care of families and investigate the effects of the pandemic on their functioning.
(1) 背景：COVID-19 大流行导致日常生活功能发生了许多负面变化。本研究旨在确定它如何影响父母对子女的反应能力；(2) 方法：本研究共有 132 对夫妇（N=264）参与，他们是幼儿（3 至 24 个月；M=12.61；SD=6.71）的父母。使用父母反应量表来衡量父母对自己孩子的反应能力，以及使用波兰语版的情绪量表来衡量对孩子哭声的情绪反应。我们收集了有关感知压力、对 COVID-19 影响的恐惧以及大流行引起的情绪过载的数据。使用演员-伙伴相互依存模型进行了分析；(3) 结果：对于父母的反应能力和对孩子哭声的反应（对于所有测量的方面，包括挫折感、娱乐感、焦虑感、同理心和同情心），都存在演员效应。对于女性来说，父母的反应能力是压力的负向伙伴效应，而对于男性来说，感染恐惧、情绪过载和压力具有正向伙伴效应；(4) 结论：这些结果表明，关注家庭并调查大流行对其功能的影响至关重要。
