Turnbull Khara L P, Jaworski Brianna, Mateus Deiby Mayaris Cubides, Coolman Frances L, LoCasale-Crouch Jennifer, Moon Rachel Y, Hauck Fern R, Kellams Ann, Colson Eve R
Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
College of Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Infant Child Dev. 2024 Jul-Aug;33(4). doi: 10.1002/icd.2503. Epub 2024 Mar 3.
Because the COVID-19 pandemic has been implicated in increased mental health concerns for families of low income, we aimed to describe maternal perspectives about the pandemic's impact on their kindergartener's mental health during the 2020-2021 school year. We conducted 22 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with U.S. mothers with low income who had kindergarten-age children (50% male and 50% female). All participants were female, ranging in age from 24 to 44 years, and reported the following ethnic/racial identities: non-Hispanic Black or African American (41%), Hispanic of any race (36%) and non-Hispanic, White (23%). With a team comprising multiple researchers from varied disciplines (e.g., medicine, education and public health) our analytic process used an iterative approach for developing and revising codes and themes until we reached thematic saturation. Most mothers described negative impacts on social, behavioural and emotional aspects of mental health. Some described positive social impacts, including strengthened family relationships. Mothers described no positive changes to behavioural or emotional aspects of mental health. Maternal perspectives suggest the importance of prioritising access to screening and treating mental health needs to support children's kindergarten transition, mitigate pandemic impacts and plan for future disruptions.
由于新冠疫情被认为导致低收入家庭的心理健康问题增多，我们旨在描述母亲们对于2020 - 2021学年疫情对其幼儿园孩子心理健康影响的看法。我们对有幼儿园适龄孩子的美国低收入母亲进行了22次深入的半结构化访谈（50%为男性，50%为女性）。所有参与者均为女性，年龄在24岁至44岁之间，她们报告的种族/族裔身份如下：非西班牙裔黑人或非裔美国人（41%）、任何种族的西班牙裔（36%）和非西班牙裔白人（23%）。我们的分析过程由来自不同学科（如医学、教育和公共卫生）的多名研究人员组成团队，采用迭代方法来开发和修订编码及主题，直至达到主题饱和。大多数母亲描述了对心理健康的社会、行为和情感方面的负面影响。一些母亲描述了积极的社会影响，包括家庭关系得到加强。母亲们表示心理健康的行为或情感方面没有积极变化。母亲们的看法表明，优先考虑提供心理健康筛查和治疗服务对于支持孩子过渡到幼儿园、减轻疫情影响以及为未来的干扰做好规划非常重要。
