Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic

Abstract Background Emerging work examining the psychological impact of COVID-19 on children and families suggests that the relationship between pandemic-related stress, child psychosocial functioning, and caregiver mental health are interrelated. However, much of this research is unidirectional and...

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Autores principales:	Emily L. Robertson, Jennifer Piscitello, Ellyn Schmidt, Carolina Mallar, Bridget Davidson, Ruby Natale
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 Coronavirus Resilience Risk Caregiver well-being Child mental health Pediatrics RJ1-570 Psychiatry RC435-571
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2edb53acff6b4c05a07646e841010ed82021-11-21T12:33:13ZLongitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic10.1186/s13034-021-00422-11753-2000https://doaj.org/article/2edb53acff6b4c05a07646e841010ed82021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-021-00422-1https://doaj.org/toc/1753-2000Abstract Background Emerging work examining the psychological impact of COVID-19 on children and families suggests that the relationship between pandemic-related stress, child psychosocial functioning, and caregiver mental health are interrelated. However, much of this research is unidirectional and thus little is known about the bidirectional cascading effects children and caregivers may experience. The current study examined the transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health over time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Linguistically, racially, and ethnically diverse caregivers (N = 286) of young children completed measures of caregiver mental health, caregiver pandemic-related stress, and child mental health (i.e., externalizing, internalizing, prosocial behavior) across three time points in the spring of 2020. Results Using autoregressive cross-lagged analyses, impaired caregiver mental health at Time 1 (April 2020) predicted increased caregiver pandemic-related stress at Time 2 (May 2020). Caregiver pandemic-related stress at Time 1 predicted increased child internalizing symptoms at Time 2 which, in turn, predicted increased caregiver pandemic-related stress at Time 3 (July 2020). Lastly, impaired caregiver mental health at Time 2 (May 2020) predicted increased child externalizing symptoms at Time 3 (July 2020). Conclusions Assessing transactional relationships between child and caregiver mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic is important to inform models of risk and resilience. Interventions at the level of the caregiver, the child, and/or the family should be considered as a way to interrupt potential negative developmental cascades.Emily L. RobertsonJennifer PiscitelloEllyn SchmidtCarolina MallarBridget DavidsonRuby NataleBMCarticleCOVID-19CoronavirusResilienceRiskCaregiver well-beingChild mental healthPediatricsRJ1-570PsychiatryRC435-571ENChild and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
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topic	COVID-19 Coronavirus Resilience Risk Caregiver well-being Child mental health Pediatrics RJ1-570 Psychiatry RC435-571
spellingShingle	COVID-19 Coronavirus Resilience Risk Caregiver well-being Child mental health Pediatrics RJ1-570 Psychiatry RC435-571 Emily L. Robertson Jennifer Piscitello Ellyn Schmidt Carolina Mallar Bridget Davidson Ruby Natale Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic
description	Abstract Background Emerging work examining the psychological impact of COVID-19 on children and families suggests that the relationship between pandemic-related stress, child psychosocial functioning, and caregiver mental health are interrelated. However, much of this research is unidirectional and thus little is known about the bidirectional cascading effects children and caregivers may experience. The current study examined the transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health over time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods Linguistically, racially, and ethnically diverse caregivers (N = 286) of young children completed measures of caregiver mental health, caregiver pandemic-related stress, and child mental health (i.e., externalizing, internalizing, prosocial behavior) across three time points in the spring of 2020. Results Using autoregressive cross-lagged analyses, impaired caregiver mental health at Time 1 (April 2020) predicted increased caregiver pandemic-related stress at Time 2 (May 2020). Caregiver pandemic-related stress at Time 1 predicted increased child internalizing symptoms at Time 2 which, in turn, predicted increased caregiver pandemic-related stress at Time 3 (July 2020). Lastly, impaired caregiver mental health at Time 2 (May 2020) predicted increased child externalizing symptoms at Time 3 (July 2020). Conclusions Assessing transactional relationships between child and caregiver mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic is important to inform models of risk and resilience. Interventions at the level of the caregiver, the child, and/or the family should be considered as a way to interrupt potential negative developmental cascades.
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author	Emily L. Robertson Jennifer Piscitello Ellyn Schmidt Carolina Mallar Bridget Davidson Ruby Natale
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title	Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic
title_short	Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic
title_full	Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic
title_fullStr	Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic
title_full_unstemmed	Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic
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publisher	BMC
publishDate	2021
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Longitudinal transactional relationships between caregiver and child mental health during the COVID-19 global pandemic

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