Family Life in Lockdown

Biroli, Pietro; Bosworth, Steven; Giusta, Marina Della; Girolamo, Amalia Di; Jaworska, Sylvia; Vollen, Jeremy

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3636627

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“…First, friends are usually of similar age and share stages of life (Pinquart & Sorensen, 2000); thus, COVID-19 lockdown would have seen friends sharing similar, new stressors (e.g., home-schooling their children). Second, lockdown saw a shift in household roles and division of duties, which resulted in increasing household tensions and spousal quarelling (Biroli et al, 2020), with press reports that divorce rates have increased by 34% in the United States since the COVID-19 outbreak (Rosner, 2020). Friends are also viewed as a source of enjoyable social engagement (Pinquart & Sorensen, 2000); therefore, it is reasonable to expect those who were in lockdown with a partner/spouse may have sought virtual connections with friends as an outlet from increasing household tensions during lockdown.…”

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“I get by with a little help from my friends”: Posttraumatic growth in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Northfield¹,

Johnston²

2022

Traumatology

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The aftermath of a trauma may be commonly associated with negative outcomes; however, these experiences can also lead to positive personal changes, including posttraumatic growth (PTG). Little research has explored PTG in relation to chronic or vicarious trauma, nor with regard to the social context. The current study investigated the role of perceived social support in moderating psychological distress and PTG during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional data were collected online using CloudResearch from 296 adults residing in the United States of America during August 2020. A strong positive relationship was found between impact of trauma and PTG (r = .54; p , .001). Moderated multiple regression indicated psychological distress, perceived social support, age, gender, ethnicity, and education accounted for 39% of the variance in PTG; however, a significant positive relationship was only found between social support and PTG. The interaction between social support and psychological distress was significant (p = .021), with slope indicating the relationship between distress and PTG is strengthened with increasing social support. Contrary to expectations, this study found a significant relationship existed between PTG and perceived support from friends (b = .23; p = .001) and family (b = .14, p = .044), but not significant others. Age also predicted PTG, suggesting younger people may experience higher growth, and significant mean differences were found between Caucasian and African American participants who reported higher levels of PTG. These findings have potential implications for improving mental health outcomes during this challenging and novel period of our history.

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“I get by with a little help from my friends”: Posttraumatic growth in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Northfield¹,

Johnston²

2022

Traumatology

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“…On the contrary, students high in neuroticism did not report a higher level of tension at home. It is possible that, rather than at the individual level, factors at the household level, such as changes in the allocation of childcare, are more important to explain differences in tension levels (Biroli et al, 2020).…”

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Helpful or Harmful? The Role of Personality Traits in Student Experiences of the COVID-19 Crisis and School Closure

Iterbeke

Witte

2021

Pers Soc Psychol Bull

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Little is known about the individual differences in student experiences and expectations of the COVID-19 crisis and the resulting school closures. Yet, as the crisis may have uniquely impacted students, knowledge about their personalities is highly relevant. In a sample of 347 Flemish students, this study explored the association between personality traits and differences in responses to the crisis. The Big Five personality traits of students were assessed in January 2020, prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. Students were reassessed in June 2020 with a set of items related to well-being, remote learning, and family and social life. The results suggested that more conscientious students (showing a better perception of remote learning) and more open students (considering the period as an opportunity to learn new skills) adjusted well to the changes induced by the crisis. On the contrary, students high in neuroticism (showing higher stress levels) were harmed.

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“…During the pandemic, prior evidence on real-time surveys points to the opposite. Women are hardly hit (Adams-Prassl et al, 2020), in part because they are more penalized by some of the NPIs, such as school closures which increase the necessity of childcare (Biroli et al, 2020;Del Boca et al, 2020;Farré et al, 2020;Sevilla & Smith, 2020). Table D1 in Appendix D shows the results after differentiating between men and women.…”

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“…School closures may indirectly affect the employment of US health care workers because 15% of those workers require childcare (Bayham & Fenichel, 2020). The additional childcare burden is not limited to front-line health care workers but also is likely to penalize women (Amuedo-Dorantes et al, 2020;Biroli et al, 2020;Del Boca et al, 2020;Farré et al, 2020;Sevilla & Smith, 2020) who were 8 percentage points more likely to lose their jobs than men in April (Adams-Prassl et al, 2020). This is of interest in the US public sector employment, given that women-especially black women-are over-represented by 3-4 more percentage points (Laird, 2017).…”

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The intensity of COVID‐19 nonpharmaceutical interventions and labor market outcomes in the public sector

Marcén

Morales

2021

Journal of Regional Science

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Family Life in Lockdown

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“I get by with a little help from my friends”: Posttraumatic growth in the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I get by with a little help from my friends”: Posttraumatic growth in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Helpful or Harmful? The Role of Personality Traits in Student Experiences of the COVID-19 Crisis and School Closure

The intensity of COVID‐19 nonpharmaceutical interventions and labor market outcomes in the public sector

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