Child Behavior Problems during COVID-19: Associations with Parent Distress and Child Social-Emotional Skills

Autor/inn/en	Sun, Jing; Singletary, Britt; Jiang, Hui; Justice, Laura M.; Lin, Tzu-Jung; Purtell, Kelly M.
Titel	Child Behavior Problems during COVID-19: Associations with Parent Distress and Child Social-Emotional Skills
Quelle	78 (2022), Artikel 101375 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0193-3973
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Child Behavior; Behavior Problems; Elementary School Students; Correlation; Social Emotional Learning; Interpersonal Competence; Prediction; Parent Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Coping; Peer Relationship; Emotional Disturbances; Teacher Attitudes; Self Control; Depression (Psychology); Measures (Individuals); Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Anxiety Disorders; Ohio; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Vorhersage; Elternverhalten; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Bewältigung; Peer-Beziehungen; Gefühlsstörung; Lehrerverhalten; Selbstbeherrschung; Messdaten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic and associated government-mandated shutdowns disrupted schooling, socialization, and family life for school-aged children during spring 2020. These disruptions may have contributed to increased child behavior problems. Thus, we examined behavior problems in 247 children aged 7 to 9?years during Ohio's shutdown period. We investigated whether differences in parent-reported child behavior problems were associated with concurrent parent distress during spring 2020 and/or children's social-emotional skills measured via teacher-reports from the previous year (spring 2019). Parent distress significantly predicted behavior problems, such that more distressed parents also reported more child behavior problems. Child pre-pandemic peer social skills also significantly predicted behavior problems, such that more skilled children exhibited fewer behavior problems. There were no interaction effects between parent distress and children's social-emotional skills on child behavior problems. Further research is needed to understand how children's social-emotional skills impact their ability to cope during times of epidemiological crisis. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01