COVID-19's shadow on families: A structural equation model of parental stress, family relationships, and child wellbeing.

ABSTRACT: The present study seeks to contribute to developmental science in emergencies by investigating associations between COVID-19 pandemic-related stressors, parents' stress, family relationships, and child wellbeing. In doing so, we build on recent research that generalizes the assumptions of the Family Stress Model beyond direct economic stressors of households to macro-contextual stressors that operate at the societal level. In the case of our study, these stressors relate to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as health risks and confinement-related stresses. Participants were 783 parents of young children (75% female, Mage = 34.61 years) residing in the United Arab Emirates. They completed an online survey in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021, measuring how the pandemic impacted their lives and the lives

SUBMITTER: von Suchodoletz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10569562 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature