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  • Child Psychology
  • Family Studies
  • Public Health

Background:

  • COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted children's mental health.
  • Research often focuses on negative impacts, overlooking protective factors.
  • Family communication is a potential buffer against stress.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Examine family communication as a protective factor against COVID-19 stress.
  • Investigate the buffering effect on children's internalizing and externalizing problems.
  • Analyze the moderating role of family communication in a vulnerable population.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal study of 144 predominantly Black, low-income mother-child dyads.
  • Virtual follow-up surveys conducted during the pandemic (Oct 2020-Apr 2021).
  • Multivariate regression analyses performed using Mplus.

    • Main Results:

    • Higher family communication associated with fewer child externalizing behaviors.
    • Family communication significantly moderated the effect of COVID-19 stress on externalizing behaviors.
    • No significant effects found for internalizing problems.

    Conclusions:

    • Family communication acts as a protective factor, particularly for externalizing behaviors.
    • Findings support exploring family communication to mitigate trauma effects.
    • Further research needed due to small sample size and generalizability concerns.