Adapting to Adversity: Effects of COVID-19 on Parenting in Chile.

ABSTRACT: The pandemic outbreak in March 2020 and its associated sanitary regulations and restrictions triggered an abrupt and significant change for society in general and for families' organization in particular. In Chile, the Santiago Metropolitan District was under a strict lockdown that involved the closure of the entire educational system. From a systemic-family stress perspective, the impact of these changes might have consequences not only for each individual family member, but for the parental dynamic and, consequently, for children's well-being. This paper presents the results of a follow-up study showing changes in self-reported parental depression and the perceived home organization of mothers and fathers assessed at three different moments: before the pandemic, at the initial outbreak,

SUBMITTER: Perez JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9294446 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature