TY - JOUR
T1 - Parents’ Perceptions of Children’s Behavioral Difficulties and the Parent–Child Interaction During the COVID-19 Lockdown
AU - Laufer, Avital
AU - Bitton, Mally Shechory
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - The study examined parents’ perceptions of their children’s behavioral difficulties (CBD) and positive parent–child interaction (PCI) during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Israel, as well as the associations among parents’ psychological distress, parents’ COVID-19–related worries, parents’ coping, and parents’ resilience. Participants were 437 parents of minor children. Parents reported more behavioral and emotional difficulties alongside with more quality time with their children. Parents’ distress and COVID-19–related worries were positively related to CBD. Emotion-focused coping mediated the association between psychological distress and CBD, while resilience mediated the association between distress and PCI. The study results indicated that parents perceived their children as having greater difficulties, but they also perceived more positive parent–child interactions, during the lockdown. Parents’ distress appears to have been a significant variable in perceived child’s difficulties during the lockdown.
AB - The study examined parents’ perceptions of their children’s behavioral difficulties (CBD) and positive parent–child interaction (PCI) during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Israel, as well as the associations among parents’ psychological distress, parents’ COVID-19–related worries, parents’ coping, and parents’ resilience. Participants were 437 parents of minor children. Parents reported more behavioral and emotional difficulties alongside with more quality time with their children. Parents’ distress and COVID-19–related worries were positively related to CBD. Emotion-focused coping mediated the association between psychological distress and CBD, while resilience mediated the association between distress and PCI. The study results indicated that parents perceived their children as having greater difficulties, but they also perceived more positive parent–child interactions, during the lockdown. Parents’ distress appears to have been a significant variable in perceived child’s difficulties during the lockdown.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Parents
KW - mental health
KW - resilience
KW - stress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118554399&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0192513X211054460
DO - 10.1177/0192513X211054460
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C2 - 36818819
AN - SCOPUS:85118554399
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 44
SP - 725
EP - 744
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 3
ER -