Jamison Jesslyn M, Egger Dominique, Vazquez Christian E, McBride Megan J, Pauling Sydney N, Hess Katherine E, Calzada Esther J, Bearman Sarah Kate
Department of Educational Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1912 Speedway, Stop D5800, Austin, TX 78712-0383 USA.
School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, 211S Cooper St, Arlington, TX 76019 USA.
J Child Fam Stud. 2023;32(2):571-585. doi: 10.1007/s10826-023-02545-9. Epub 2023 Feb 10.
Studies of the impact of COVID-19 on mental health symptoms suggest that there may be a unique impact of COVID-19 on minoritized individuals, young children (children five and younger), and their caregivers. Longitudinal studies with representative samples including minoritized populations are needed to accurately reflect the experience of families during COVID-19. The current study used a longitudinal design to assess trajectories of mental health among Latinx female caregivers and their young children over time, beginning prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and over the course of 12 months. In fall of 2019, Latinx female caregivers (N = 213; 93.0% biological mother) of young children ( = 5.38, = 0.34) reported on their own and their child's (52.6% female) mental health symptoms, as well as parenting stress, at three time points through Fall of 2020. Growth curve models showed that self-report of caregiver global mental health worsened over time, though caregiver depression and parenting stress did not change significantly, nor did caregiver-report of their children's mental health. Results suggest that while female caregiver well-being was adversely affected by COVID-19, caregivers showed resilience in the face of this pandemic, which in turn may have buffered the impact of the pandemic on Latinx child mental health. Methodological and contextual implications of these results are considered.
关于新冠病毒病（COVID-19）对心理健康症状影响的研究表明，COVID-19可能对少数族裔个体、幼儿（五岁及以下儿童）及其照料者产生独特影响。需要开展包含少数族裔人群的具有代表性样本的纵向研究，以准确反映COVID-19期间家庭的经历。本研究采用纵向设计，评估拉丁裔女性照料者及其幼儿在一段时间内的心理健康轨迹，研究始于COVID-19大流行开始之前，并持续了12个月。2019年秋季，幼儿（平均年龄=5.38岁，标准差=0.34）的拉丁裔女性照料者（N = 213；93.0%为亲生母亲）在2020年秋季之前的三个时间点报告了她们自己及孩子（52.6%为女性）的心理健康症状以及育儿压力。生长曲线模型显示，照料者总体心理健康的自我报告随时间推移有所恶化，不过照料者的抑郁和育儿压力没有显著变化，照料者报告的孩子的心理健康状况也没有变化。结果表明，虽然女性照料者的幸福感受到了COVID-19的不利影响，但照料者在面对这场大流行时表现出了韧性，这反过来可能缓冲了大流行对拉丁裔儿童心理健康的影响。本文还考虑了这些结果的方法学和背景意义。
