Prospective Associations between Pandemic-Related Adversity, Harsh Parenting, and the Development of Prosociality across Middle to Late Childhood

Autor/inn/en	Shakiba, Nila; Perlstein, Samantha; Powell, Tralucia; Rodriguez, Yuheiry; Waller, Rebecca; Wagner, Nicholas J.
Titel	Prospective Associations between Pandemic-Related Adversity, Harsh Parenting, and the Development of Prosociality across Middle to Late Childhood
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 59 (2023) 3, S.538-548 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shakiba, Nila) ORCID (Perlstein, Samantha) ORCID (Powell, Tralucia) ORCID (Waller, Rebecca) ORCID (Wagner, Nicholas J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001475
Schlagwörter	Parenting Styles; COVID-19; Pandemics; Prosocial Behavior; Child Development; Stress Variables; Correlation; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Burnout; Child Behavior; Risk; Resilience (Psychology); Mental Health; Aggression; Behavior Problems; Screening Tests; Massachusetts (Boston); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kindesentwicklung; Korrelation; Angst; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom; Risiko; Psychohygiene; Screening-Verfahren
Abstract	Parenting behaviors and children's prosociality (i.e., voluntary behaviors intended to benefit others) are linked across development. Contextual risk and environmental stressors may undermine parenting behaviors known to promote children's prosocial behavior. The COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique context in which to examine how stress and contextual risk disrupt parenting practices and the development of children's prosociality over time. To explore the associations between pandemic-related adversity, parenting practices, and child prosocial behavior, we used survey data from 303 families (child M[subscript age] = 6.43; 51.4% female, 48.6% male; 65.7% White) who participated in a three-wave longitudinal study during the first year of the pandemic. Families were recruited from two northeastern cities in the United States. Growth mixture modeling identified two groups of parents who varied in their experience of pandemic-related adversity. The high-adversity group reported significantly more symptoms of depression and anxiety, parental burnout, and pandemic-related worries than the low-adversity group. At baseline, parents in the high-adversity group reported harsher parenting and perceived less prosocial behavior in their children. Across the full sample, there were no significant changes in harsh parenting and parental perceptions of child's prosociality across the first year of the pandemic. However, within the high-adversity group, increases in harsh parenting were related to reductions in children's prosociality over time. Results are interpreted in the context of family systems theory and contribute to our understanding of the links between parenting and children's prosociality and patterns of risk and resilience in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01