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Stress and parenting during the global COVID-19 pandemic

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Brown, Samantha M., Doom, Jenalee R., Lechuga-Peña, Stephanie, Watamura, Sarah Enos, Koppels, Tiffany·2020·Child Abuse & Neglect
DOI 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104699PMC PMC7440155
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Background Stress and compromised parenting often place children at risk of abuse and neglect. Child maltreatment has generally been viewed as a highly individualistic problem by focusing on stressors and parenting behaviors that impact individual families. However, because of the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), families across the world are experiencing a new range of stressors that threaten their health, safety, and economic well-being.Objective This study examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to parental perceived stress and child abuse potential.Participants and setting Participants included parents (N = 183) with a child under the age of 18 years in the western United States.Method Tests of group differences and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were employed to assess the relationships among demographic characteristics, COVID-19 risk factors, mental health risk factors, protective factors, parental perceived stress, and child abuse potential.Results Greater COVID-19 related stressors and high anxiety and depressive symptoms are associated with higher parental perceived stress. Receipt of financial assistance and high anxiety and depressive symptoms are associated with higher child abuse potential. Conversely, greater parental support and perceived control during the pandemic are associated with lower perceived stress and child abuse potential. Results also indicate racial and ethnic differences in COVID-19 related stressors, but not in mental health risk, protective factors, perceived stress, or child abuse potential.Conclusion Findings suggest that although families experience elevated stressors from COVID-19, providing parental support and increasing perceived control may be promising intervention targets.

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Authors
Brown, S. M., Doom, J. R., Lechuga-Peña, S., Watamura, S. E., & Koppels, T.
Affiliations
  • Colorado State University (US)
  • University of Denver (US)
  • Arizona State University (US)
Corresponding author
Brown, Samantha M.
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Venue
Child Abuse & Neglect
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-12
Volume
110
Issue
Pt 2
Pages
104699
ISSN
0145-2134 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104699
PMC
PMC7440155
OpenAlex
W3052575887
Cited by
1,344
References
81
Citations by year
2026: 47 · 2025: 101 · 2024: 143 · 2023: 280 · 2022: 367 · 2021: 356 · 2020: 50
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105.39
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Child Abuse & Neglect (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (K01HD098331)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K01HL143159)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Child Welfare and Adoption
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, child abuse potential, child maltreatment risk, parental mental health, anxiety and depressive symptoms, financial aid, parental support, perceived control, racial and ethnic differences, protective factors
MeSH terms
COVID-19, Adult, Anxiety, Child, Child Abuse, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Parents, Risk Factors, Stress, Psychological, Parenting, Pandemics

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