The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically altered family life, but whether family exposures to and worries about the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted child conduct problems (CP) and callous-unemotional (CU) traits is unknown. Thus, we evaluated 303 parents (M_age = 38.04; SD = 5.21; 92.4% biological mothers) and children (M_age = 6.43; SD = 2.13; 51.8% female) during a four-month period early in the pandemic. We examined associations between parental exposures to COVID-19, parental worries about the pandemic, harsh and warm parenting practices, and child CP and CU traits. Although more parental worries were not directly related to parenting practices, more worry about COVID-19 was specifically related to higher levels of child CP, particularly parental worries about themselves or family members contracting the virus. Our findings add to a growing literature demonstrating the burden that the pandemic has placed on families and its implications for children’s mental health.

COVID-19 大流行极大地改变了家庭生活，但家庭接触和担心 COVID-19 大流行是否会影响儿童行为问题 (CP) 和冷酷无情 (CU) 特征尚不清楚。因此，我们在大流行初期的四个月内评估了 303 名父母（ M_年龄= 38.04；SD = 5.21；92.4% 亲生母亲）和儿童（ M_年龄= 6.43；SD = 2.13；51.8% 女性）。我们研究了父母接触 COVID-19、父母对流行病的担忧、严厉和温暖的养育方式以及儿童 CP 和 CU 特征之间的关联。尽管更多父母的担忧与养育方式没有直接关系，但对 COVID-19 的更多担忧与儿童 CP 水平较高特别相关，尤其是父母对自己或家庭成员感染病毒的担忧。我们的研究结果进一步丰富了越来越多的文献，证明了这一流行病给家庭带来的负担及其对儿童心理健康的影响。