Relations between maternal panic over COVID-19 and children's depressive symptoms: the moderating role of children's daily routines.

ABSTRACT: The sudden outbreak of COVID-19 and consequent quarantine policies have substantially altered family lives worldwide. Potential associations between parental negative emotional expressions towards the pandemic, family factors, and child psychological adjustment remain under-explored. Accordingly, the goal of the present study was to examine the relation between maternal panic over COVID-19 and children's depressive symptoms, with a focus on the potential moderating role of children's daily routines during a period of strict quarantine. Participants were N = 1,589 children (M _age = 13.13 years, SD = 1.54; 50.7% girls) and their mothers, from Zhengzhou, Henan Province, in Mainland China. Data were collected in April of 2020, when school closure policies were i

SUBMITTER: Yuan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9838507 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature