ArticlePediatrics2020
COVID-19 and Parent-Child Psychological Well-being.
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271 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Adolescent Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Systematic Review of Risk and Protective Factors.Journal of adolescence · 2025Pooled it
- Have COVID-19 Stimulus Packages Mitigated the Negative Health Impacts of Pandemic-Related Job Losses? A Systematic Review of Global Evidence from the First Year of the Pandemic.International journal of social determinants of health and health services · 2023Pooled it
- Promoting Mental Health in Parents of Young Children Using eHealth Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Pooled it
- Review: Mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and youth - a systematic review.Child and adolescent mental health · 2022Pooled it
- Mental health effects prevalence in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.Worldviews on evidence-based nursing · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Can a multicomponent positive psychological intervention promote well-being in parents of young children? A randomized controlled trial study in Hong Kong.Family process · 2024Trial
- Can a multicomponent positive psychological intervention promote well-being in parents of young children? A randomized controlled trial study in Hong Kong.Family process · 2024Trial
- Changes in caregiver mental health and pediatric asthma control during COVID-19.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2023Trial
- Can a Clinic-Based Community Health Worker Intervention Buffer the Negative Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Well-Being of Low-Income Families during Early Childhood.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Child internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic among maltreating and non-maltreating families: Examining the effects of family resources and the Reminiscing and Emotion Training intervention.Child abuse & neglect · 2022Trial
- The effect of online solution-focused support program on parents with high level of anxiety in the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomised controlled study.International journal of clinical practice · 2021Trial
- Family communication and child behavior problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.Developmental psychology · 2026Article
- Changes in young children's behavior following COVID-19 pandemic onset: A tale of three cities.Child development · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Child and Family Factors With Korean Children's Subjective Happiness Before and During COVID-19 in Late Childhood.Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2026Article
- Family vulnerability, disruption, and parent mental health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2026Article
- Psychosocial impact of pediatric long COVID: a dyadic analysis of persistent symptoms, sleep, and self-esteem in parents and children.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Persistent physical and mental health effects of COVID-19 hospitalization.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- How COVID-19 Affected Parenting in a Multi-City Sample With Low Incomes.Journal of family issues · 2025Article
- The Legacy of Adversity? The Impact of Caregivers' Childhood Experiences and Children's Mental Health on Family Dynamics and Perceived Burden During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThe outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 has changed American society in ways that are difficult to capture in a timely manner. With this study, we take advantage of daily survey data collected before and after the crisis started to investigate the hypothesis that the crisis has worsened parents' and children's psychological well-being. We also examine the extent of crisis-related hardships and evaluate the hypothesis that the accumulation of hardships will be associated with parent and child psychological well-being.
methodsDaily survey data were collected between February 20 and April 27, 2020, from hourly service workers with a young child (aged 2-7) in a large US city (
resultsOrdered probit models revealed that the frequency of parent-reported daily negative mood increased significantly since the start of the crisis. Many families have experienced hardships during the crisis, including job loss, income loss, caregiving burden, and illness. Both parents' and children's well-being in the postcrisis period was strongly associated with the number of crisis-related hardships that the family experienced.
conclusionsConsistent with our hypotheses, in families that have experienced multiple hardships related to the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis, both parents' and children's mental health is worse. As the crisis continues to unfold, pediatricians should screen for mental health, with particular attention to children whose families are especially vulnerable to economic and disease aspects of the crisis.
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