On March 9th, 2020 Italy went into lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Several studies showed how the pandemic had a negative impact on children’s psychological well-being. The present research studied how parents can promote their children’s psychological well-being, in order to understand how to help parents in managing this unprecedented situation. Method A total of 277 parents of children aged 6 to 13 years old completed an online survey. Results MANCOVA analyses showed that children with more anxiety and depression, more lability/negativity and less emotional regulation had parents with more psychological distress, less regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and less parenting self-efficacy (all p<.01). Conclusions Parents were important protective factor for their children’s mental health during the lockdown.
A marzo 2020 l’Italia è andata in lockdown per la diffusione della pandemia COVID-19. Diversi studi hanno mostrato come la pandemia ha effetti negativi sul benessere psicologico dei bambini. Questo studio ha indagato come i genitori possono promuovere il benessere psicologico dei bambini, per capire come aiutarli a gestire questa situazione senza precedenti. Metodo 277 genitori di bambini tra 6 e 10 anni hanno compilato una survey online. Risultati Le analisi MANCOVA mostrano che bambini con più ansia/depressione, più labilità/negatività e meno regolazione emotiva hanno genitori con più malessere psicologico, meno autoefficacia genitoriale e nella regolazione delle emozioni (tutte le p<.01). Conclusioni I genitori sono importanti fattori di protezione per la salute mentale dei figli durante il lockdown.
Parents' psychological factors promoting children's mental health and emotional regulation during the COVID-19 lockdown
Cattelino E;
2021-01-01
Abstract
On March 9th, 2020 Italy went into lockdown due to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Several studies showed how the pandemic had a negative impact on children’s psychological well-being. The present research studied how parents can promote their children’s psychological well-being, in order to understand how to help parents in managing this unprecedented situation. Method A total of 277 parents of children aged 6 to 13 years old completed an online survey. Results MANCOVA analyses showed that children with more anxiety and depression, more lability/negativity and less emotional regulation had parents with more psychological distress, less regulatory emotional self-efficacy, and less parenting self-efficacy (all p<.01). Conclusions Parents were important protective factor for their children’s mental health during the lockdown.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.