COVID-19: Psychologische Folgen für Familie, Kinder und Partnerschaft

Hahlweg, Kurt; Ditzen, Beate; Job, Ann-Katrin; Gastner, Judith; Schulz, Wolfgang; Supke, Max; Walper, Sabine

doi:10.1026/1616-3443/a000592

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“…While many studies have already shown that regulatory measures to contain the pandemic such as contact restrictions, short-time work, school closures etc. have a negative impact (35,36), we were able to show for the first time in our study that maternal attachment representation and the associated coping skills and corresponding parental behavior also significantly influence children's mental health during the pandemic.…”

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Negative effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The interlinking of maternal attachment representation, coping strategies, parental behavior, and the child's mental health

Gulde

Köhler‐Dauner²,

Mayer³

et al. 2022

Front. Pediatr.

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For more than two years, young families have been confronted with a large number of restrictions and following burdens as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In fact, it became evident, that the current circumstances are particularly stressful for child's mental health. With regard to the child's mental health in times of a pandemic, additional factors within the family, such as maternal attachment representations as well as coping strategies and parental behavior, may play an important role. This study aims to investigate the interplay of maternal attachment representation, coping strategies, parental behavior and child's mental health during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In this longitudinal study, previously collected data regarding maternal attachment representation and newly attained data from the SARS-CoV-2-pandemic-assesment (lack of coping strategies, children's mental health and parental behavior) were combined and analyzed. The data were collected in an online survey since beginning of the pandemic, including N = 73 mothers. A path model was calculated in form of multiple linear regression. A path model could be confirmed, which indicates that insecure maternal attachment representation predicts lack of coping strategies during the pandemic [b = 5.55, 95%-CI = (4.51; 6.55), p = 0.001]. Furthermore, lack of coping strategies predicts harmful parental behavior during the pandemic [b = −0.77, 95%-CI = (−1.27; −0.21), p = 0.007], which in turn predicts children's mental health problems, namely behavioral problems [b = −0.08, 95%-CI = (−0.14; −0.01), p = 0.027]. Presence of short-time work and decrease in income since beginning of the pandemic were used as control variables. This means that since the pandemic mothers with insecure attachment representation have an increased risk of having only a few coping mechanisms available, leading to harmful parental behaviors and ultimately affecting the mental health of their children. In conclusion, the pandemic could potentially have a particularly negative influence on mothers with an insecure attachment type and therefore on their children. Therefore, tailored interventions for families should be offered that both focus on the different types of mental health problems in children and support parents in their coping skills.

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Negative effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The interlinking of maternal attachment representation, coping strategies, parental behavior, and the child's mental health

Gulde

Köhler‐Dauner²,

Mayer³

et al. 2022

Front. Pediatr.

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“…Applying the stress transactional model [STM; 2,4], stress from outside the partnership, i.e., extradyadic stress, can increase intradyadic stress and impair mental well-being and relationship satisfaction [5,6]. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in particular, both extradyadic stress (e.g., related to pandemic-related restrictions or increase in anxiety and worry) [7][8][9] and intradyadic stress (e.g., more conflicts and dysfunctional dyadic processes) [1,10] were prone to negatively affect relationship satisfaction.…”

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Relationship satisfaction and family routines of young parents before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent growth curve analysis

Weise,

Güttner,

Staudt

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents had to reorganize their family routines under many external stressors (e.g., limited external childcare), which could have negatively affected their relationship satisfaction. This study aimed to examine the changes in relationship satisfaction of young parents from pre-pandemic times up to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany in December 2020 and whether these changes were different for mothers and fathers. Additionally, the role of perceived pandemic-related stress and changes in family routines was investigated. Data from 564 participants from DREAMCORONA, a sub-study of the prospective longitudinal cohort study “Dresden Study on Parenting, Work, and Mental Health” (DREAM), were analyzed. Relationship satisfaction was assessed at three measurement points (T0: pre-pandemic, i.e., August 2018–March 2020; T1: May–June 2020; T2: October–December 2020). To estimate changes in relationship satisfaction over time, Latent Growth Curve Models were calculated. Changes in family routines (i.e., changes in the division of housework and childcare from T0 to T1 as well as the availability of external childcare facilities at T1) and perceived pandemic-related stress at T1 were used as predictors. The models were adjusted for education and number of children per household. There was no significant change in relationship satisfaction over time, with no differences between mothers and fathers. The multi-group model revealed that changes in the division of housework and childcare predicted changes in relationship satisfaction in mothers, but not in fathers. For mothers, doing more housework than before the pandemic was negatively associated with changes in their relationship satisfaction over time. Additionally, reporting that their partner did more childcare than before the pandemic was positively associated with the relationship satisfaction of mothers. Our results indicate no general negative prospective association between the COVID-19 pandemic and parental relationship satisfaction over time. Nevertheless, our findings highlight the importance of the division of housework and childcare for mothers’ relationship satisfaction and how pandemic-related changes in family routines alter this association.

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Combating Domestic Violence – Professional Strategies, Informal Systems, and New Challenges During the Pandemic: Records from Germany and India

Wahren,

Stocker

2024

Family Dynamics, Gender and Social Inequality During COVID-19

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COVID-19: Psychologische Folgen für Familie, Kinder und Partnerschaft

Cited by 13 publications

References 43 publications

Negative effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The interlinking of maternal attachment representation, coping strategies, parental behavior, and the child's mental health

Negative effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: The interlinking of maternal attachment representation, coping strategies, parental behavior, and the child's mental health

Relationship satisfaction and family routines of young parents before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent growth curve analysis

Combating Domestic Violence – Professional Strategies, Informal Systems, and New Challenges During the Pandemic: Records from Germany and India

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