The COVID-19 global crisis led to unprecedented disruption of family routines and heightened family stress. This study examines the effects of local COVID-19 case rates and pandemic-related financial stress on family processes (e.g., caregiving behavior) and school-aged children's outcomes. The project was launched shortly after stay-at-home orders began in the U.S. Data were collected online using Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk), which allowed for nationwide recruitment. Using four waves of data (N = 308), with initial data collected between 4/20/20 and 5/6/20 and 2-3 weeks between each wave, this study examined the influence of local rates of COVID-19 infection on pandemic-related financial stress and the association of these constructs on maternal psychological distress and negative parenting. We also examined the potential cascade linking COVID-19 case rates and pandemic-related financial stress with child behavior problems via maternal psychological distress and negative parenting behavior, while controlling for prior child behavior problems. In line with hypotheses, higher Wave 1 (W1) pandemic-related financial stress was significantly associated with higher Wave 2 (W2) maternal psychological distress, which was significantly associated with higher Wave 3 (W3) negative parenting, which, in turn, was significantly associated with higher Wave 4 (W4) child behavior problems. In addition, the indirect effect of W1 pandemic-related financial stress on W3 negative parenting through W2 maternal psychological distress was significant. Higher W1 local COVID-19 case rates were significantly related to higher W3 negative parenting. Results suggest local COVID-19 case rates and pandemic-related financial stressors are associated with poorer child and family functioning. Implications for policy and practice are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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当地 COVID-19 病例率、与大流行相关的财务压力以及父母和儿童功能之间的关联。


COVID-19 全球危机导致家庭日常生活受到前所未有的破坏，并加剧了家庭压力。本研究探讨了当地 COVID-19 病例率和大流行相关的经济压力对家庭流程（例如看护行为）和学龄儿童的结果的影响。该项目是在美国开始居家令后不久启动的，数据是使用亚马逊的 Mechanical Turk (MTurk) 在线收集的，从而可以在全国范围内进行招聘。本研究使用四波数据 (N = 308)，初始数据在 2020 年 4 月 20 日至 5 月 6 日之间收集，每波之间间隔 2-3 周，研究了当地 COVID-19 感染率对与流行病相关的经济压力以及这些结构与母亲心理困扰和消极养育方式的关联。我们还研究了通过母亲心理困扰和消极养育行为，将 COVID-19 病例率和与流行病相关的经济压力与儿童行为问题联系起来的潜在级联，同时控制了先前的儿童行为问题。与假设一致，较高的第一波 (W1) 流行病相关财务压力与较高的第二波 (W2) 母亲心理困扰显着相关，这与较高的第三波 (W3) 消极养育方式显着相关，反过来，与较高的第 4 波 (W4) 儿童行为问题显着相关。此外，第一周大流行相关的经济压力通过第二周母亲心理困扰对第三周消极养育产生了显着的间接影响。第一周当地 COVID-19 病例率较高与第三周消极养育方式较高显着相关。结果表明，当地的 COVID-19 病例率和与大流行相关的财务压力与儿童和家庭功能较差有关。 讨论了对政策和实践的影响。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2022 APA，保留所有权利）。