ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2023
Mothers' and Children's Mental Distress and Family Strain during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Cohort Study.
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- Pandemic-Related Black Family Well-Being Across North Carolina County Tiers: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Exploring the relationship between lifestyle factors and depressive symptoms in Korean adolescents amid the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Family Dynamics, Socioeconomic Hardships, and Health Risk Behaviours of Bulgarian Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic had a widespread impact on families with dependent children. To better understand the impact of the pandemic on families' health and relationships, we examined the association between mothers' and children's mental distress and family strain.
methodsThree waves of the COVID-19 Impact Survey were analyzed, collected from a subsample of mother-child pairs (
resultsMothers with medium/high levels of mental distress were at increased odds of experiencing high family strain compared to those with low levels of distress (medium aOR = 3.90 [95% CI: 1.08-14.03]; high aOR = 4.57 [95% CI: 1.03-20.25]). The association between children's mental distress and family strain was not significant (aOR = 1.75 [95% CI: 0.56-5.20]).
conclusionMothers' mental distress, but not children's, was associated with family strain during the pandemic. More distressed individuals experienced greater family strain over time, suggesting that this association may become a chronic problem.
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