Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parent, child, and family functioning
- Feinberg, M. E., Mogle, J. A., Lee, J., Tornello, S. L., Hostetler, M. L., Cifelli, J. A., Bai, S., & Hotez, E. (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parent, child, and family functioning. Family Process, 61(1), 361-374. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12649
- This study examined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of parents (i.e., clinical depression and anxiety symptoms) and children (i.e., externalizing and internalizing behaviors) within the same family, as well as the pandemic's impact on the functioning of the family system as a whole (i.e., healthy coparenting quality, positive parenting behaviors). Coparenting conflict and demographic characteristics (e.g., education, income) were also examined as influences of the pandemic’s effect on mental health and family functioning. 206 parents completed questionnaires before the start of the pandemic (2017 - 2019) and again in the early pandemic (2020). Parents and children generally experienced declines in mental health and coparenting quality after the pandemic began.
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