Affiliation:
1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
2. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA
Abstract
We examined US parent and youth perceptions of how life events, both positive and negative, associated with COVID-19 resulted in changes in family and youth functioning. Families ( n = 105, 80% white, 48% male, and 87% mothers) completed surveys during the pandemic (May to July 2020) and 3 years prior (for youth ages M = 10.6, SD = 1.17 and M = 13.6, SD = 1.19). Declines in youth, though not parent, report of open family communication, parental support, and family satisfaction were found. Declines were associated with various domains of pandemic-related stress in parent report, though positive life events served as buffers. Pre-pandemic family functioning also predicted pandemic stress. Spillover effects in turn impacted youth functioning. The current findings shed light on how experiences of the pandemic are linked with family functioning and have implications for how to support families during this time.
Funder
John Templeton Foundation
Subject
Life-span and Life-course Studies,Sociology and Political Science,Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Developmental and Educational Psychology
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