COVID-19 Life Events Spill-Over on Family Functioning and Adolescent Adjustment

Hussong, Andrea M.; Midgette, Allegra J.; Richards, Adrianna; Petrie, Rachel; Coffman, Jennifer L.; Thomas, Taylor E.

doi:10.1177/02724316211036744

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“…This was also reported in the study by Hussong et al (2021), who found that family functioning typically stays intact, even during pandemic circumstances. The study by Hussong et al (2021) also found that higher socioeconomic status (SES) acted as a protective factor against isolation stress and promoted greater levels of positive events during the COVID-19 pandemic, which positively influenced family functioning. Given that our sample of families was biased toward a high SES, this may explain why most of the families reported healthy functioning during the pandemic.…”

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“…Approximately 75% of the sample had a score below 2 points, indicating a low prevalence of unhealthy family functioning, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was also reported in the study by Hussong et al (2021), who found that family functioning typically stays intact, even during pandemic circumstances. The study by Hussong et al (2021) also found that higher socioeconomic status (SES) acted as a protective factor against isolation stress and promoted greater levels of positive events during the COVID-19 pandemic, which positively influenced family functioning.…”

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Parental Worrying, Family Functioning, and Quality of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic has affected many aspects of American life, with reported increases in parental anxiety and adverse health outcomes among children. However, it is unknown how family functioning and parental anxiety may be associated with child health outcomes during this pandemic. Objectives:The aim of this study was to explore associations among parental worrying, family functioning, and the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of middle and high school-aged children in the United States during the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic.Methods: Ninety-three parent-child dyads were recruited via snowball sampling through the WhatsApp messenger from December 2020 to February 2021 in this exploratory cross-sectional study. Each family completed a series of self-report measures, including the General Functioning Scale-Family Assessment Device and the Worry Domains Questionnaire for parent respondents and the KIDSCREEN-10 for child respondents. A hierarchical regression analysis was performed to examine effects of parental worrying and family functioning on the HRQoL of middle and high school-aged children.Results: Lower levels of parental worrying and better family functioning predicted better child HRQoL, whereas parental worrying was associated with worse family functioning. The relationship between family functioning and child HRQoL did not differ by levels of parental worrying. Increased child age and parental education were associated with worse child HRQoL.Discussion: The high socioeconomic status sample reported healthy family functioning during the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. Family functioning appears to improve child HRQoL consistently, even as parental worrying increases or decreases, although increased worrying would likely decrease family functioning and child HRQoL. The inverse relationships of parental educational attainment with family functioning and child HRQoL are surprising; they may be due to pandemic circumstances and the nature of the sample being high-socioeconomic status families with middle and high school-aged children.

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Parental Worrying, Family Functioning, and Quality of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Studies on how COVID‐19 impacts on family functioning have generated inconsistent results with some concluding deterioration (Feinberg et al, 2021; Hussong et al, 2020) and others reporting well functioning (Fernandes et al, 2020; López et al, 2020). Among Chinese populations, studies on family process during COVID‐19 are limited.…”

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Family functioning under COVID‐19: An ecological perspective of family resilience of Hong Kong Chinese families

Wong

Lau

Chan

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Child & Family Social Work

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This study tested an ecological model of resilience that illustrated the influence of COVID‐19‐related stressors (i.e., social and health stressors) and various socio‐ecological factors at microsystem (i.e., parent–child conflicts and couple relationship) and exo‐system levels (i.e., the utilization of community resources) on family functioning among Chinese families during COVID‐19. An anonymous telephone survey was conducted using random sampling method. The sample contained 322 respondents who were co‐habiting with their child(ren) and their partner. Hierarchical regression analysis and structural equation modelling were used to examine the differential impacts of various levels of factors and the model that were proposed. Results showed that 13.2% of the households were categorized as at‐risk of poorer family functioning. Couple relationship and stressors significantly accounted for much of the variance in family functioning. While stressors had a significant direct effect on family functioning, couple relationship, but not parent–child conflicts or utilization of community resources, significantly mediated and moderated the impact of stressors on family functioning. The findings highlighted the impacts of both individual and ecological factors on family functioning under COVID‐19. Importantly, cultural and contextual factors should be considered when adopting ecological model of resilience to examine family functioning in diverse cultural groups.

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“…The restrictive measures put in place to stem the diffusion of the COVID-19 virus have implied an important impact on families’ everyday functioning [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. Nevertheless, some families have shown adaptive responses to the adverse circumstances imposed by the COVID-19 preventive strategies [ 13 ], maintaining a positive involvement with family members and the extra-family social network [ 14 , 15 ], and experiencing a sense of self-efficacy [ 2 ]. Nevertheless, national and international research reported that a large part of families of the general population experienced the pandemic as a traumatic event, manifesting anxiety, depression [ 16 ], and peritraumatic distress symptoms [ 17 , 18 ].…”

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Families’ Mental Health: The Role Played by Parenting Stress, Parents’ Past Trauma, and Resilience

Marzilli

Cerniglia

Tambelli

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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International research has evidenced the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families, and the key role played by parenting stress levels. Although significant associations with parents’ past trauma and resilience have been shown, this study aimed to explore their complex interplay on the relationship between parents’ peritraumatic distress due to COVID-19, parenting stress, and children’s psychopathological difficulties. We recruited 353 parents with children aged two to 16 years via an online survey during the Italian second wave of COVID-19. Parents’ peritraumatic distress due to COVID-19, parenting stress, past trauma and resilience, and children’s psychological difficulties were assessed through self-report and report-form questionnaires. Parents’ past traumas significantly predicted peritraumatic distress due to COVID-19 and children’s psychological difficulties. The relationship between past traumas and children’s psychological difficulties was serial mediated by parents’ peritraumatic distress and parenting stress. Direct and total effects of parent’s resilience on parent’s peritraumatic distress were not significant, but there were significant indirect effects via parenting stress and via parents’ peritraumatic distress and parenting stress, indicating inconsistent mediation. This study evidenced the key risk and protective role played by, respectively, parents’ past traumas exposure and resilience on the relationship between parents’ psychological difficulties due to COVID-19, parenting stress, and children’s psychological difficulties, with important clinical implications.

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COVID-19 Life Events Spill-Over on Family Functioning and Adolescent Adjustment

Cited by 47 publications

References 49 publications

Parental Worrying, Family Functioning, and Quality of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Parental Worrying, Family Functioning, and Quality of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Family functioning under COVID‐19: An ecological perspective of family resilience of Hong Kong Chinese families

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Families’ Mental Health: The Role Played by Parenting Stress, Parents’ Past Trauma, and Resilience

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