Caregiving stress and maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: It has now been extensively documented that parental mental health has deteriorated since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although pandemic-related stress has been widespread, parents faced the unique challenge of navigating remote schooling. Parental oversight of children's education, loss of access to school supportive resources, and the challenges of remote learning may have been most problematic for parents of children with or at elevated risk for mental health difficulties. In the current study, we examined interactive effects of parent-reported pandemic-related caregiving stress and child internalizing and externalizing problems on parental depressive symptoms in a community-based cohort (N = 115) in the Northeast of the United States. Results indicated that parents experienc

SUBMITTER: Quigley KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11707038 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature