Parents' emotion suppression exacerbates the effect of COVID-19 stress on youth internalizing symptomatology.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in heightened stress for families in the United States, and exposure to pandemic-related stress has been found to confer risk for mental health problems among both children and parents. To isolate risk and protective factors for children living through the ongoing pandemic, several studies have begun to examine family-level factors that may exacerbate or buffer the impact of exposure to COVID-19-related stress on children's symptomatology. Building upon the extant literature documenting associations between parents' emotion regulation and children's mental health, especially during times of stress, the present study aimed to examine parents' regulation of their own emotions as a potential moderator of the association between children's exposure to family-

SUBMITTER: Cohodes EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10169532 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature