COVID-19-related media consumption and parental mental health.

Golding, Michael A.; Salisbury, Marlee R.; Reynolds, Kristin; Roos, Leslie E.; Protudjer, Jennifer L. P.

doi:10.1037/cbs0000280

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“…As studies conducted with international samples have shown, the economic stresses of COVID-19 crisis have worsened parents' mental health and stress, especially for fathers in our sample, but also increased children's prosocial responses to the economic stress experienced by their parents (Francisco et al, 2020;Golding et al, 2021;Westrupp et al, 2021). But, as we show in this study, there are subtle but important differences in the ways mothers, fathers, and children's wellbeing have been affected by the pandemic.…”

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confidence: 42%

Family Functioning in the Time of COVID-19 Among Economically Vulnerable Families: Risks and Protective Factors

Cabrera

Renteria

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Front. Psychol.

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The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has been particularly harmful to economically vulnerable families with young children. We surveyed 247 low-income mothers and fathers from 142 families in the United States about changes in their family life following the economic and social restrictions imposed by the pandemic. We examined the associations between pandemic-related risk factors such as economic stressors (e.g., loss of job) and social stressors (e.g., exposure to the virus) on family functioning (e.g., parents’ mental health, parent engagement, and children’s socioemotional behaviors) and the degree to which coparenting support and parents’ positivity protected families from the negative effects of these stressors on their wellbeing. We found both positive and negative associations. Mothers and fathers who reported more economic stressors since the pandemic also observed that their children behaved more prosocially and that fathers experienced more mental health difficulties during the pandemic. Mothers and fathers who reported more social stressors reported that they were less engaged with their children and their children exhibited more behavior problems compared to before the pandemic. We also found that mothers and fathers who reported feeling more positive also reported feeling less depressed and stressed during the pandemic and observed that their children had more prosocial behaviors compared to before the pandemic. Compared to before the pandemic, mothers and fathers who reported a more supportive coparenting relationship also reported more parent engagement and observed more prosocial behaviors in their children. In terms of protective factors, high levels of parent positivity during the pandemic protected mothers (less mental health difficulties) whereas high levels of coparenting support protected fathers (less mental health difficulties) from the negative effects of economic stress on their mental health during the pandemic. These findings highlight family processes that could promote resilience in mothers and fathers in the face of pandemic-related economic and social stressors.

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Family Functioning in the Time of COVID-19 Among Economically Vulnerable Families: Risks and Protective Factors

Cabrera

Renteria

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…The study found that the consumption structure has an impact on the self-rated health of the elderly to a certain extent. Specifically, clothing consumption, cultural consumption and other consumer goods reflecting social stratum differentiation have a significant impact on the self-rated health choices of the elderly [10]. In this study, clothing consumption and cultural consumption have a positive and significant impact on the elderly group which choose "general health".…”

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“…Pursuing a healthy consumption lifestyle, including comprehensive consumption behaviors related to physical health, mental health and a healthy diet, is becoming more and more important for many people in Korea [9]. Golding and other Canadian scholars believe that, in the unprecedented period of COVID-19, the direct consumption of news media leads to depression and anxiety [10]. Bakkeli used Norwegian data to study consumption and housing ownership and proved that less consumption were significantly correlated with health, while housing property rights had no significant correlation with health [11].…”

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Consumption Structure in Urban and Rural Areas and Self-Rated Health of the Elderly: A Survey Based on Chinese General Social Survey

Liu

2021

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Health inequality is an aspect of social inequality, and has now become an important problem in the current society. This article uses the data from the Chinese General Social Survey (2017) (CGSS2017) and uses the Multinomial Logistic Models method to analyze the elderly population (over 60 years old) across the country. The study found that the differences in the basic consumption of food and daily necessities among the elderly are relatively small; while consumer goods that reflect the differentiation of social classes such as clothing consumption and cultural consumption have a significant impact on the elderly. Travel consumption status also has a certain impact on the self-rated health choices of the elderly, but housing consumption has no effect on these choices. Thess results pave the way for investigating health from the perspective of socioeconomic status in academic circles. By using this consumption pattern analysis it is possible to analyze the health of the elderly population more effectively. In the future supply of consumer goods, it is possible to strengthen the consumption and supply of cultural tastes for the elderly, enhance the beauty and value of the lifestyle of the elderly, and increase the health of the elderly. At the same time, due to the significant impact of urban–rural differences in the health of the elderly, it is necessary to improve the living security level of the rural elderly, reduce the difference in public services between urban and rural elderly groups, and promote urban–rural integration.

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“…Moreover, pandemic disruption seeped into family systems by way of altering co-parental cooperation and family cohesion (Browne et al, 2021 ; Peltz et al, 2021 ). Finally, in the pandemic-specific realm of disruption, caregivers reported heightened strain and commotion or chaos in their families (Cassinat et al, 2021 ), increased health-related anxiety (e.g., fears about the health of themselves or their loved ones or exposure to COVID-19; Peltz et al, 2021 ), challenges accessing usual healthcare and supplies/food, and overwhelm due to the consumption of news/media related to COVID-19 and digital emotion contagion (Golding et al, 2021 ; Offord Centre for Child Studies, 2020 ; Prikhidko et al, 2020 ).…”

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Pandemic-Related Disruption and Positive Adaptation: Profiles of Family Function at the Onset of the Pandemic

2022

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The onset of the pandemic brought heightened stress to parents due to disruptions to family life, in addition to processes of positive family adaptation, including greater closeness, more time spent together, and shared problem-solving. Delineating how early pandemic-related family stress and positive adaptation simultaneously operate is important for understanding risk and resilience. We use a person-oriented approach to identify subgroups of caregivers based on patterns of stress and positive adaptation in the first months of the pandemic. Data come from a multi-national study of 549 caregivers (68% female) of 1098 children (younger child: M = 9.62, SD = 3.21; older child: M = 11.80, SD = 3.32). In May 2020, caregivers reported on stress (income, family, and pandemic-specific) and positive adaptation using previously validated scales, and covariates indexing family vulnerabilities (i.e., caregiver adverse childhood experiences, caregiver and child mental health) and psychosocial resources (caregiver social support, positive coping, religiosity/spirituality, and benevolent childhood experiences, and pre-pandemic socioeconomic resources). A latent profile analysis was conducted using the four indicators. Profiles were examined in relation to covariates using BCH procedures. A 4-profile solution was selected, characterized by Low Disruption ( n = 296), Multi-Domain Disruption ( n = 36), Income Disruption ( n = 111), and Family Disruption ( n = 106) groups. Positive adaptation minimally differentiated profiles. Participants in the Low Disruption group reported more resources and fewer vulnerabilities than other groups. Those in the Multi-Domain Disruption group reported the fewest resources and the most vulnerabilities. Early in the pandemic, a minority group of individuals in this sample carried a disproportionate burden of pandemic-related stress. Potential consequences to family functioning and implications for systemic family prevention and intervention efforts are discussed. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s42844-022-00077-7.

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COVID-19-related media consumption and parental mental health.

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Family Functioning in the Time of COVID-19 Among Economically Vulnerable Families: Risks and Protective Factors

Family Functioning in the Time of COVID-19 Among Economically Vulnerable Families: Risks and Protective Factors

Consumption Structure in Urban and Rural Areas and Self-Rated Health of the Elderly: A Survey Based on Chinese General Social Survey

Pandemic-Related Disruption and Positive Adaptation: Profiles of Family Function at the Onset of the Pandemic

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