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ArticleFamily process2020

Developing a Measure of the Impact of COVID-19 Social Distancing on Household Conflict and Cohesion.

Victoria Behar-Zusman, Jennifer V Chavez, Karina Gattamorta

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Article in Family process, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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42citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Victoria Behar-ZusmanUniversity of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8732-0116
Jennifer V ChavezUniversity of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4576-9898
Karina GattamortaUniversity of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5827-1389
University of Miami · US

Funding

Hispanic Men Building Respect Education and Safety/ Hombres Manteniendo Respeto, Educacion y Seguridad (HOMBRES DE FAMILIA)U54MD002266 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CORAL GABLES · PI BEHAR-ZUSMAN, VICTORIA, DE LA ROSA, MARIO R · 2017 to 2022
$8.3M
University of Miami Developmental HIV/AIDS Mental Health Research Center (D-ARC)P30MH116867 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI CORAL GABLES · PI SAFREN, STEVEN A · 2019 to 2023
$6.5M
NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD002266NIMHD NIH HHS U54MD002266NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH116867NIMH NIH HHS P30MH116867
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This report introduces the COVID-19 Family Environment Scale (CHES), which aims to measure the impact of social distancing due to COVID-19 on household conflict and cohesion. Existing measures do not capture household experiences relevant to the pandemic, in which families are largely confined to their homes while sharing a life-threatening situation. Using best practice guidelines, we developed a pool of items and revised them with review by a panel of experts, and cognitive interviewing with community respondents. We administered the CHES by online survey to 3,965 adults. The CHES consists of 15 items for each of two subscales, household conflict (α = .847) and household cohesion (α = .887). Exploratory factor analysis yielded two factors, corresponding to the intended conflict and cohesion items, which accounted for 29% of variance. Confirmatory factor analysis partially supported the 2-factor model (RMSEA = .057; CFI = .729, TLI = .708, and SRMR = .098). The CHES also contains 25 optional items to describe respondent and household characteristics, and household-level COVID-19 exposure. The CHES, publicly available at https://elcentro.sonhs.miami.edu/research/measures-library/covid-19/index.html, provides a tool for measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on important determinants of resilience in the face of major stressful events. Further work is needed to address the factor structure and establish validity of the CHES.

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AdolescentAdultBetacoronavirusChildCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19Factor Analysis, StatisticalFamily CharacteristicsFamily ConflictFamily RelationsFamily TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsCOVID-19Family CohesionFamily ConflictFamily EnvironmentFamily Stress

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PMID32621755
PMCPMC7362045
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