Role of maternal emotion in child maltreatment risk during the COVID-19 pandemic,Journal of Family Violence

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Role of maternal emotion in child maltreatment risk during the COVID-19 pandemic
Journal of Family Violence ( IF 2.7 ) Pub Date : 2022-04-09 , DOI: 10.1007/s10896-022-00379-5
Christina M Rodriguez _{1,

2} , Shawna J Lee ₂

Affiliation

Purpose

Preliminary research early in the COVID-19 pandemic suggested children appeared to be at increased risk for child maltreatment, particularly as parents struggled with mental health and economic strains. Such strains were likely to influence parental emotions about their children, affecting their parent-child interactions to contribute to elevated maltreatment risk. To identify the potential affective elements that may contribute to such increased maltreatment risk, the current study focused on whether maternal worry about children’s behavior specifically as well as maternal anger were related to increased risk for neglect or physical or psychological aggression six months into the pandemic.

Method

The racially diverse sample included 193 mothers who completed an online survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in late September-early October 2020.

Results

Mothers’ reported increases in neglect and physical and psychological aggression during the pandemic were significantly related with established measures of maltreatment risk. Furthermore, path models indicated that maternal anger and worry about children’s behavior, as well as their interaction, were significantly related to indicators of physical aggression risk and neglect during the pandemic, but only maternal anger related to increased psychological aggression during the pandemic.

Conclusions

Maternal worry and anger about children’s behavior may have exacerbated risk for maltreatment under the stressful conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings suggest affective reactions of both parental worry and anger focused on child behavior warrants greater empirical attention and consideration in intervention efforts both during the pandemic and potentially post-pandemic.

中文翻译：

COVID-19 大流行期间母亲情绪在儿童虐待风险中的作用

目的

COVID-19 大流行初期的初步研究表明，儿童遭受虐待的风险似乎增加，特别是当父母面临心理健康和经济压力时。这种压力可能会影响父母对孩子的情绪，影响亲子互动，从而导致虐待风险增加。为了确定可能导致虐待风险增加的潜在情感因素，当前的研究重点是母亲对儿童行为的担忧以及母亲的愤怒是否与流感大流行六个月后忽视或身体或心理攻击的风险增加有关。