ArticleJournal of applied developmental psychology
Child behavior problems during COVID-19: Associations with parent distress and child social-emotional skills.
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- Internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic mixed studies review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
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- Changes in social behavioral developmental risks in preschool children after the first COVID-19 wave: a prospective longitudinal cohort study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Examining the Contributions of Parents' Daily Hassles and Parenting Approaches to Children's Behavior Problems during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Exploring the potential impact of group identity on post-traumatic growth in the aftermath of Corona outbreak: function of social-emotional competence as a mediator.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Estimation and linkage between behavioral problems and social emotional competence among Pakistani young school children.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated government-mandated shutdowns disrupted schooling, socialization, and family life for school-aged children during spring 2020. These disruptions may have contributed to increased child behavior problems. Thus, we examined behavior problems in 247 children aged 7 to 9 years during Ohio's shutdown period. We investigated whether differences in parent-reported child behavior problems were associated with concurrent parent distress during spring 2020 and/or children's social-emotional skills measured via teacher-reports from the previous year (spring 2019). Parent distress significantly predicted behavior problems, such that more distressed parents also reported more child behavior problems. Child pre-pandemic peer social skills also significantly predicted behavior problems, such that more skilled children exhibited fewer behavior problems. There were no interaction effects between parent distress and children's social-emotional skills on child behavior problems. Further research is needed to understand how children's social-emotional skills impact their ability to cope during times of epidemiological crisis.
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