“…However, higher PCEs predicted higher narcissism (Starbird & Story, 2020) and PCEs were not associated with family-level adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic . While higher levels of PCEs were associated with lower general perceived stress (Marshall, 2020;Merrick et al, 2019) and lower uncertainty stress (Zhang et al, 2021;Pei et al, 2022), PCEs did not predict parenting stress (Merrick et al, 2019). For parenting outcomes, Abbott (2021) found that higher PCEs predicted more positive self-reported parenting behaviors (i.e., lower psychological and physical aggression, lower neglect towards child), but not parenting attitudes (i.e., spanking and affection beliefs, parenting confidence).…”