Parent Distraction with Technology and Child Social Competence during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Parental Emotional Stability

Merkaš, Marina; Perić, Katarina; Žulec, Ana

doi:10.1080/15267431.2021.1931228

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“…In addition, it is proven that having a child increases the life satisfaction of parents [52] and our results show that being a parent might work as a protector of mental health issues and an enhancer of quality of life. On the other hand, some literature shows the opposite of our finding and say that the use of technology during parenting moments, i.e., technology interfering in family time (technoference) seems to result in worse behavior and development of social competencies in children, which leads to an increase of parent stress [50,53]. The increased time spent on ICTs, together with a more stressful environment at home, caused by technoference during parenting, is in line with our own results of higher entrapment feelings in parents.…”

Section: Parental Status and Flourishingcontrasting

confidence: 87%

“…We showed that people who have children have higher scores in flourishing, compared with people with no children. COVID-19 imposed a lockdown and warranted parents and their children to spend more time at home, making use of ICTs to maintain social communication, work, study and entertain [ 50 ]. COVID-19 increased conflicts between work and family, but it did not decrease the quality of perceived parenting, indicating that it is possible for some parents to separate the professional conflicts from issues related to their children [ 51 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Telework and Mental Health during COVID-19

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Ferrajão

et al. 2022

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COVID-19 has come to change societal organization. Due to lockdowns, work typologies have been rethought and telework has gained strength. However, the impact of the constant use of information and communication technologies on the mental health of workers needs to be considered. We aimed to investigate the impact of different work conditions on mental health, to which end we disseminated an online questionnaire during lockdowns to assess imagined surveillance, mobile maintenance expectation, communication overload, feelings of entrapment, depression, anxiety, stress, and flourishing in four groups (employed in telework, employed on-site, employed in layoff, and unemployed). We computed mean comparisons and serial mediations. We show that depression and anxiety were more prevalent in women; parents flourished more than people without children; and people with a higher level of education feel more entrapment. Crucially, we show that telework was associated with imagined surveillance and communication overload, which mediated the association with mobile maintenance expectations and entrapment (which was exacerbated by parenthood), impacting mental health and the quality of life. However, this was also partially observed in the remaining work conditions. Finally, flourishing worked as a protector against mental health issues in all work conditions. We discuss this given the massification of digital migration.

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Section: Parental Status and Flourishingcontrasting

confidence: 87%

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confidence: 99%

Telework and Mental Health during COVID-19

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“…Engaging in emotional coaching (e.g., assisting in identifying emotions) with children and maintaining relatively stable home routines during the pandemic were helpful parental strategies in buffering against child stress ( Cohodes et al, 2021 ). Further, Croatian parents’ emotional stability buffered the negative effects that being distracted by technology had on their children’s social competence during pandemic lockdown ( Merkaš et al, 2021 ). And saturation, a facet of parental burnout defined as not enjoying spending time with their children, decreased from 2018 to the 2020 lockdown for Portuguese parents ( Aguiar et al, 2021 ).…”

Section: Review and Synthesis Of The Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is encouraging to see the diversity of theoretical frameworks and multiple concepts explored. Further, research examining emotional coaching and emotional stability in parental contexts ( Cohodes et al, 2021 ; Merkaš et al, 2021 ) may offer potential pathways for interventions that can target specific coping skills and strategies related to managing these enduring individual vulnerabilities ( Pietromonaco & Overall, 2021 ) in future crises. Overall, research related to this theme showcased a wide range of subtopics and offered numerous preliminary ideas for solutions, which we will return to later in the concluding section.…”

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A descriptive literature review of early research on COVID-19 and close relationships

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Murphy

Lannutti

et al. 2022

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

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This in-depth critical review investigates the impact of COVID-19 on personal relationships from the start of the pandemic in early 2020 to September 2021. Research examining six themes are identified and described in detail: the impact of COVID-19 on (1) family and intimate relationships; (2) LGBTQ+ relationships; (3) how COVID-19 is linked to technologically mediated communication and personal relationships; (4) potential shifts in sexual behaviors and desire; (5) potential shifts in relational conflict and intimate partner violence; and (6) constructive aspects of personal relationships, which is a broad theme that includes outcomes such as resilience, relational quality, coping, and social support. Findings for overarching patterns are offered to highlight implications for current research and identify future directions to consider when continuing to study personal relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic and similar future crises.

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“…These abilities allow the school to synergize with the community. Social skills must be built with communication, collaboration, compassionate socializing, and the ability of teachers to have a soothing soul (Susanti et al, 2020;Zulkifli et al, 2022;Merkaš et al, 2021).…”

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Social Competence Analysis of Science Teachers During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Azhar

Ramadhan

Azhar

2022

jppipa, pendidikan ipa, fisika, biologi, kimia

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the social competence of science teachers. It was conducted in 22 SMP Negeri Dumai City with a population of 86 science teachers in public junior high schools. The research sample was 71 science teachers calculated using the Slovin formula at an error rate of 0.05%. The instrument used in data collection was a questionnaire that was pre-tested to 30 science teachers (15 science teachers at SMPN Dumai City and 15 science teachers at SMPN Duri). From the 30 items of the questionnaire statement that were tested, the validity of each item was calculated with the product moment correlation with the help of the SPSS version 23, 29 valid items were obtained. Calculation of instrument reliability using the Cronbach Alpha formula was obtained 0.931 very reliable category. Furthermore, the social competence questionnaire instrument for science teachers who had met the validity and reliability requirements was used to collect data for the research sample of 71 science teachers at public junior high schools in the city of Dumai. The results of descriptive data analysis showed that the social competence of science teachers at the Dumai City Junior High School was 54.90% (39 science teachers) in the medium category, 25.30% (18 science teachers) who had high category competence and 19.70% (14 science teachers) out of 71 science teachers in the low category. Thus, the social competence of science teachers in Dumai City Junior High School is mostly in the medium category.

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Parent Distraction with Technology and Child Social Competence during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Parental Emotional Stability

Cited by 17 publications

References 71 publications

Telework and Mental Health during COVID-19

Telework and Mental Health during COVID-19

A descriptive literature review of early research on COVID-19 and close relationships

Social Competence Analysis of Science Teachers During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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