Brik Anis Ben, Wang Yunqi
College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
Department of Child, Youth & Family Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
Fam Process. 2025 Mar;64(1):e13067. doi: 10.1111/famp.13067. Epub 2024 Oct 13.
Despite the extensive body of evidence documenting how pandemic-related stressors (e.g., disruptions in daily routine) impact individuals' mental health, research examining family mechanisms through which stressors impact parental stress remains insufficient. The present study aims to address this gap by exploring a moderated mediation model that predicts parental stress resulting from the accumulation of pandemic-related stressors. Specifically, we hypothesized a second-stage moderated mediation model in which family resilience beliefs moderated the second-stage indirect paths through family relationships and marital satisfaction, resulting in conditional indirect effects. Study data were collected from American parents (n = 1386). There was no evidence that family relationships and marital satisfaction mediated the association between stressor pile-up and parent stress. In addition, family resilience beliefs did not significantly impact how marital satisfaction or family relationships affect parental stress. However, marital satisfaction mediated the relationship between stressor pile-up and parental stress across all levels of family resilience beliefs. The findings of this study carry significant implications for post-pandemic family interventions, suggesting the incorporation of resilience belief training and stress management strategies to improve intrafamilial communication.
尽管有大量证据记录了与疫情相关的压力源（如日常生活的中断）如何影响个人心理健康，但通过压力源影响父母压力的家庭机制的研究仍然不足。本研究旨在通过探索一个调节中介模型来填补这一空白，该模型预测与疫情相关的压力源积累所导致的父母压力。具体而言，我们假设了一个第二阶段调节中介模型，其中家庭复原力信念调节了通过家庭关系和婚姻满意度的第二阶段间接路径，从而产生条件间接效应。研究数据来自美国父母（n = 1386）。没有证据表明家庭关系和婚姻满意度介导了压力源堆积与父母压力之间的关联。此外，家庭复原力信念并没有显著影响婚姻满意度或家庭关系对父母压力的影响方式。然而，婚姻满意度在所有家庭复原力信念水平上介导了压力源堆积与父母压力之间的关系。本研究结果对疫情后家庭干预具有重要意义，建议纳入复原力信念训练和压力管理策略以改善家庭内部沟通。
