Being a parent during COVID-19: risk for psychological distress in the United States and Italy
The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant effects on people worldwide, yet the psychological impact of collective traumas may differ at the individual and societal level. Parents may be exposed to greater pandemic-related stressors, yet also are more likely than non-parents to have social interactio...
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| author | Lai, Jocelyn Pham, Phoebe T. Bate, Jordan Prout, Tracy A. Carollo, Alessandro Setoh, Peipei Esposito, Gianluca Borelli, Jessica L. |
| author2 | Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) |
| author_facet | Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Lai, Jocelyn Pham, Phoebe T. Bate, Jordan Prout, Tracy A. Carollo, Alessandro Setoh, Peipei Esposito, Gianluca Borelli, Jessica L. |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant effects on people worldwide, yet the psychological impact of collective traumas may differ at the individual and societal level. Parents may be exposed to greater pandemic-related stressors, yet also are more likely than non-parents to have social interactions during social distancing mandates. Furthermore, varying degrees of pandemic severity in countries may alter the adverse outcomes of pandemic stressors on psychopathology across nations. The purpose of this investigation was to cross-nationally explore how COVID-19 stress exposure re-lates to psychological distress and whether the association differed by parental status and nationality. Individuals from the United States (n = 2449) and Italy (n = 579) completed assessments measuring traumatic stress, depressive symptoms, and COVID-19-related stressors. COVID-19-related stressors were positively associated with traumatic stress and depressive symptoms. The association between COVID-19-related stressors and psychological distress did not differ by parental status or nationality. We also found that being a young adult, having a lower educational status, not being a parent, and being Italian were related to exposure to COVID-19-related stressors. We discuss these findings and their implications for our understanding of unique contexts that may pose as risk or resiliency factors during a global collective trauma, particularly on parental psychological distress as a way of promoting whole-family wellness. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1652082023-03-26T15:30:31Z Being a parent during COVID-19: risk for psychological distress in the United States and Italy Lai, Jocelyn Pham, Phoebe T. Bate, Jordan Prout, Tracy A. Carollo, Alessandro Setoh, Peipei Esposito, Gianluca Borelli, Jessica L. Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Psychology Parenting COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant effects on people worldwide, yet the psychological impact of collective traumas may differ at the individual and societal level. Parents may be exposed to greater pandemic-related stressors, yet also are more likely than non-parents to have social interactions during social distancing mandates. Furthermore, varying degrees of pandemic severity in countries may alter the adverse outcomes of pandemic stressors on psychopathology across nations. The purpose of this investigation was to cross-nationally explore how COVID-19 stress exposure re-lates to psychological distress and whether the association differed by parental status and nationality. Individuals from the United States (n = 2449) and Italy (n = 579) completed assessments measuring traumatic stress, depressive symptoms, and COVID-19-related stressors. COVID-19-related stressors were positively associated with traumatic stress and depressive symptoms. The association between COVID-19-related stressors and psychological distress did not differ by parental status or nationality. We also found that being a young adult, having a lower educational status, not being a parent, and being Italian were related to exposure to COVID-19-related stressors. We discuss these findings and their implications for our understanding of unique contexts that may pose as risk or resiliency factors during a global collective trauma, particularly on parental psychological distress as a way of promoting whole-family wellness. Published version 2023-03-20T06:00:18Z 2023-03-20T06:00:18Z 2022 Journal Article Lai, J., Pham, P. T., Bate, J., Prout, T. A., Carollo, A., Setoh, P., Esposito, G. & Borelli, J. L. (2022). Being a parent during COVID-19: risk for psychological distress in the United States and Italy. Social Sciences, 11(4), 173-. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci11040173 2076-0760 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165208 10.3390/socsci11040173 2-s2.0-85128759011 4 11 173 en Social Sciences © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology Parenting COVID-19 Lai, Jocelyn Pham, Phoebe T. Bate, Jordan Prout, Tracy A. Carollo, Alessandro Setoh, Peipei Esposito, Gianluca Borelli, Jessica L. Being a parent during COVID-19: risk for psychological distress in the United States and Italy |
| title | Being a parent during COVID-19: risk for psychological distress in the United States and Italy |
| title_full | Being a parent during COVID-19: risk for psychological distress in the United States and Italy |
| title_fullStr | Being a parent during COVID-19: risk for psychological distress in the United States and Italy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being a parent during COVID-19: risk for psychological distress in the United States and Italy |
| title_short | Being a parent during COVID-19: risk for psychological distress in the United States and Italy |
| title_sort | being a parent during covid 19 risk for psychological distress in the united states and italy |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology Parenting COVID-19 |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165208 |
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