This study examined parents’ (N = 10,141, 64% women) reports of their and their childrens’ depression, anxiety, and stress in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. The data come from the COVID-19 Family Life Study (Ben Brik, 2020) and cohort recruited between April and December 2020. Participants completed online surveys that included the DASS-21 and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Our findings indicate that socio-economically disadvantaged families fared worse in mental health during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with families with more social and economic resources. Mothers reported higher anxiety, depression, and stress compared with fathers. Parents of adolescents and adolescents fared worse than did families with younger children. Parental physical activity was associated with better parent and child mental health of anxiety symptoms. We discuss the need to address the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in families in Latin America via coordinated mental health and psychosocial support services that are integrated into the pandemic response currently and after the pandemic subsides.

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拉丁美洲 COVID-19 大流行期间父母的心理健康和儿童焦虑

本研究考察了父母的（N= 10,141，64% 的女性）报告了他们和他们的孩子在巴西、墨西哥、哥伦比亚和阿根廷的抑郁、焦虑和压力。数据来自 COVID-19 家庭生活研究（Ben Brik，2020 年）和 2020 年 4 月至 2020 年 12 月期间招募的队列。参与者完成了在线调查，其中包括 DASS-21 和修订后的儿童表现焦虑量表。我们的研究结果表明，与拥有更多社会和经济资源的家庭相比，在 COVID-19 大流行的早期阶段，社会经济弱势家庭的心理健康状况更差。与父亲相比，母亲报告的焦虑、抑郁和压力更高。青少年和青少年的父母比有年幼孩子的家庭更糟糕。父母的体育活动与焦虑症状的父母和孩子的心理健康状况更好有关。我们讨论了通过协调的心理健康和社会心理支持服务来解决 COVID-19 大流行对拉丁美洲家庭心理健康的不利影响的必要性，这些服务整合到当前和大流行消退后的大流行应对中。