ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2022
The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on psychopathological symptoms in mothers and their school-age children before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic peak.
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- Emotions in Times of Pandemic Crisis among Italian Children: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Mental health and quality of life in children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review of longitudinal studies.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Mental health trajectories of children and adolescents up to 5 years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Families of Children/Youth with Complex Needs Before, During, and After COVID-19 Pandemic Restrictions.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- COVID-19 and Psychopathologies in Children-A Single Session Intervention Plan to Promote Mental Health during Crises Management: A Systematic Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Mental Health in the Post-Lockdown Scenario: A Scientometric Investigation of the Main Thematic Trends of Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Editorial: Low threshold interventions and preventive approaches in child mental health care.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2023Article
- Three years into the pandemic: results of the longitudinal German COPSY study on youth mental health and health-related quality of life.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on children's and caregivers' mental health. We investigated psychopathological symptoms in a group of non-at-risk and a group of at-risk mothers and their school-age children from the pre-pandemic period to the lockdown period and to the post-lockdown period. We used the SCL-90/R to assess mothers' psychological symptoms, the CBCL 1½-5, and the CBCL 6-18 for the perceived children's emotional-behavioral functioning. Analysis of variance was conducted to assess significant differences in the groups over the three assessment points. Linear regressions were run to investigate the effect of maternal psychological symptoms on their children's functioning. In the non-at-risk group, maternal psychopathological symptoms significantly varied during the pandemic. Children's Aggression scores decreased after the lockdown, while Depression scores significantly increased during lockdown and after. The mothers in the at- risk group presented overall decreasing scores over the three assessment points. Children's Aggression scores did not increase during lockdown. Depression scores did not show significant changes over the three assessment points. Overall, our results showed that mothers' psychopathological risk did not influence specific areas of children's emotional/behavioral functioning, but it had an effect on the general offspring psychological well-being.
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