Yu Wenya, Guo Zhichao, Tian Jiahe, Li Panpan, Wang Peng, Chen Hong, Zcm Dan, Li Meina, Ge Yang, Liu Xiang
School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Department of Prevention and Health Care, Yuepu Town Community Health Service Center of Baoshan District, Shanghai 200941, China.
Children (Basel). 2023 Aug 15;10(8):1388. doi: 10.3390/children10081388.
This study explored the ambiguous characteristics and influencing factors of parental anxiety, practices, and parent-child relationships among families with young children during a sudden COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai, China. An online survey was conducted from 1 June to 10 November 2022, with 477 valid responses. Parental anxiety, practices, and parent-child relationships were evaluated. During this lockdown, 72.6% caregivers felt anxious about parenting to different degrees, with only a small proportion experiencing extreme anxiety. Parental anxiety was mainly influenced by whether the caregivers faced parenting issues and external parenting difficulties. The frequency of two-parent-child activities of reading books or looking at picture books with their children and telling stories to them significantly increased. Caregivers' occupations of either professional or technical personnel and working from home were the most significant influencing factors. Mother-child relationships were relatively good. In conclusion, parental anxiety, practices, and parent-child relationships were relatively good and stable among families with young children during this lockdown. In the context of public health emergencies like COVID-19, more parenting support and knowledge should be provided to caregivers from professionals in CHCs or hospitals to decrease parental anxiety and improve parent-child relationships. Full advantage should be taken of working from home to promote parent-child activities.
本研究探讨了在中国上海因新冠疫情突然封控期间，有幼儿家庭中父母的焦虑、育儿行为及亲子关系的模糊特征和影响因素。于2022年6月1日至11月10日进行了一项在线调查，共获得477份有效回复。对父母的焦虑、育儿行为及亲子关系进行了评估。在此次封控期间，72.6%的照料者对育儿感到不同程度的焦虑，只有一小部分人经历极度焦虑。父母的焦虑主要受照料者是否面临育儿问题及外部育儿困难的影响。与孩子一起读书或看绘本以及给孩子讲故事这两种亲子活动的频率显著增加。照料者的职业为专业或技术人员且居家工作是最显著的影响因素。母子关系相对良好。总之，在此次封控期间，有幼儿家庭中父母的焦虑、育儿行为及亲子关系相对良好且稳定。在新冠疫情这样的突发公共卫生事件背景下，社区卫生服务中心或医院的专业人员应向照料者提供更多育儿支持和知识，以减轻父母焦虑，改善亲子关系。应充分利用居家工作的优势来促进亲子活动。
