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ArticleResearch on child and adolescent psychopathology2024

Avoidant Parent-Child Communication About COVID-19: A Longitudinal Investigation of Associations with Youth Adjustment Across the First 6 Months of the Pandemic.

Lindsay C Malloy, Victoria W Dykstra, Lillian A Rodriguez Steen, Daniella Filoso, Hanan Salem, Jonathan S Comer, Tara S Peris, Donna B Pincus, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Angela D Evans

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Lindsay C MalloyFaculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada. lindsay.malloy@ontariotechu.ca.
Victoria W DykstraDepartment of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharine's, ON, Canada.
Lillian A Rodriguez SteenFaculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada.
Daniella FilosoFaculty of Social Science and Humanities, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada.
Hanan SalemDepartment of Counseling, Clinical, & School Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Jonathan S ComerCenter for Children and Families, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Tara S PerisDepartment of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences / Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Donna B PincusCenter for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Jill Ehrenreich-MayDepartment of Psychology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
Angela D EvansDepartment of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharine's, ON, Canada.

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American Psychological Foundation N/ACOVID-19 Related Dean's Discretionary Funds N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the aftermath of discrete disasters, how families discuss the event has been linked with child well-being. There is less understanding, however, of how family communication affects adjustment to a protracted and ongoing public health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The present research leveraged a large longitudinal sample of families (N = 1884) across the United States and Canada to investigate factors that predicted family communication styles (active versus avoidant communication) about the COVID-19 pandemic and examined the longitudinal sequelae of mental health outcomes for youth associated with different family communication styles. Parents of youth between 5 to 17 years old completed surveys about their own mental health, their child's mental health, and family communication about the COVID-19 pandemic at two time points 6 months apart. Overall, findings indicated that poorer parental mental health was related to greater use of avoidant communication, and avoidant communication styles were associated with poorer youth mental health over time. Findings suggest potential perils of avoidant family communication about ongoing threats and can help identify families at risk of negative mental health outcomes.

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COVID-19PandemicsAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCommunicationHumansParent-Child RelationsParentsUnited StatesChildDisastersFamily communicationMental healthParent

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