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ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2023

Child and family factors associated with child mental health and well-being during COVID-19.

Brae Anne McArthur, Nicole Racine, Sheila McDonald, Suzanne Tough, Sheri Madigan

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Article in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Brae Anne McArthurDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW., Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9141-7095
Nicole RacineDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW., Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
Sheila McDonaldDepartment of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW., Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
Suzanne Tough *Department of Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW., Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
Sheri Madigan *Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW., Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada. sheri.madigan@ucalgary.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the current generation of youth is critical for post-pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to identify the most salient child (i.e., connectedness to caregivers, screen time, sleep, physical activity, peer relationships, and recreational activities) and family (i.e., COVID-19 financial impact, maternal depression and anxiety) factors associated with children's mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, after controlling for pre-pandemic mental health. This study included 846 mother-child dyads (child age 9-11) from the All Our Families cohort. Mothers reported on the child's pre-pandemic mental health at age 8 (2017-2019) and during COVID-19 (May-July 2020), the family's financial impact due to COVID-19, and maternal depression and anxiety. During COVID-19 (July-August 2020), children reported on their screen time, sleep, physical activity, peer and family relationships, and recreational activities, as well as their happiness, anxiety and depression. After controlling for pre-pandemic anxiety, connectedness to caregivers (B - 0.16; 95% CI - 0.22 to - 0.09), child sleep (B - 0.11; 95% CI - 0.19 to - 0.04), and child screen time (B 0.11; 95% CI 0.04-0.17) predicted child COVID-19 anxiety symptoms. After controlling for pre-pandemic depression, connectedness to caregivers (B - 0.26; 95% CI - 0.32 to - 0.21) and screen time (B 0.09; 95% CI 0.02-0.16) predicted child COVID-19 depressive symptoms. After controlling for covariates, connectedness to caregivers (B 0.36; 95% CI 0.28-0.39) predicted child COVID-19 happiness. Fostering parent-child connections and promoting healthy device and sleep habits are critical modifiable factors that warrant attention in post-pandemic mental health recovery planning.

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COVID-19AdolescentAnxietyChildFemaleHumansMental HealthMothersPandemicsChildCOVID-19Mental healthParent–child connectionsScreen timeSleep

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PMID34302530
PMCPMC8302979

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