The Italian lockdown following the spread of COVID-19 exposed residents to a long and unexpected period of managing offspring at home. Throughout this time, most parents continued to work remotely. The present research aimed at assessing multiple sociodemographic and psychological variables for parental well-being during the lockdown. An online survey was administered from 6 to 11 April 2020. Respondents were 917 parents aged 23–67 years with up to six children, aged 3–13 years. The measures employed were: 14 demographic questions, the Big Five Inventory (BFI-10), the Emotional Symptoms and Hyperactivity-Inattention subscales of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ-P), and the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Multiple moderated linear regression analyses were performed. Motherhood, higher levels of education, higher neuroticism, lower extroversion, and more child emotional and hyperactivity-inattention symptoms were found to be significant predictors of parent distress. Furthermore, a significant two-way interaction between child emotional problems and parent extroversion was found. Overall, parents showed high rates of psychological distress, signalling severe difficulties during the lockdown. Families with a child suffering from emotional and behavioural difficulties should immediately be detected by social services to activate support interventions to prevent chronic and amplified manifestations of these problems.

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意大利父母的 COVID-19 封锁和心理困扰：父母角色、父母个性和儿童困难的影响

COVID-19 传播后的意大利封锁使居民面临漫长而出乎意料的在家管理后代的时期。在此期间，大多数父母继续远程工作。本研究旨在评估锁定期间父母福祉的多种社会人口和心理变量。在线调查于 2020 年 4 月 6 日至 11 日进行。受访者为 917 名父母，年龄在 23-67 岁之间，其中最多 6 名儿童，年龄在 3-13 岁之间。采用的测量方法是：14 个人口统计问题、大五量表 (BFI-10)、力量和困难问卷 (SDQ-P) 的情绪症状和多动-注意力不集中分量表，以及一般健康问卷 (GHQ-12)。进行了多重缓和线性回归分析。母性，更高的教育水平，更高的神经质，较低的外向性、更多的儿童情绪和多动注意力不集中症状被发现是父母痛苦的重要预测因素。此外，发现儿童情绪问题和父母外向性之间存在显着的双向交互作用。总体而言，父母表现出很高的心理困扰率，这表明锁定期间存在严重困难。社会服务机构应立即发现有儿童患有情绪和行为困难的家庭，以启动支持干预措施，以防止这些问题的长期和扩大表现。总体而言，父母表现出很高的心理困扰率，这表明锁定期间存在严重困难。社会服务机构应立即发现有儿童患有情绪和行为困难的家庭，以启动支持干预措施，以防止这些问题的长期和扩大表现。总体而言，父母表现出很高的心理困扰率，这表明锁定期间存在严重困难。社会服务机构应立即发现有儿童患有情绪和行为困难的家庭，以启动支持干预措施，以防止这些问题的长期和扩大表现。