父母的工作记忆缓冲了COVID-19困难和儿童心理健康之间的关联
Madison R Kelm1, Catherine M Diercks1, Emily D Dunning1
1The Pennsylvania State University, 140 Moore, Building, University Park, PA 16802, United States of America.
Journal of applied developmental psychology
|June 26, 2023
概括
父母工作记忆 (WM) 可以保护幼儿免受COVID-19困难造成的心理健康问题. 较高的父母WM缓冲了家庭生活,经济和隔离挑战对儿童症状的负面影响.
科学领域:
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 发展心理学是发展心理学.
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
背景情况:
- COVID-19 疫情对儿童的心理健康产生了负面影响.
- 在危机期间对儿童心理健康的保护因素的研究至关重要.
- 家长因素可能在减轻儿童不良后果方面发挥重要作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查父母工作记忆 (WM) 是否对影响儿童心理健康的COVID-19相关困难起到缓冲作用.
- 检查COVID-19各种困难 (家庭生活,经济,隔离) 与儿童内化和外化症状之间的关系.
- 为了确定家长的WM是否能缓和流行病相关压力因素与儿童行为和情绪问题之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 横截面研究设计. 截面研究设计.
- 这项研究涉及339名2-5岁儿童的母亲.
- 评估了COVID-19的困难,孩子的内化/外化症状,以及父母的工作记忆,使用后向数字跨度任务.
主要成果:
- 所有类型的COVID-19困难都与儿童内化和外化症状的增加有关.
- 父母工作记忆较高显著削弱了所有困难和儿童内化症状之间的积极关系.
- 父母的工作记忆也削弱了家庭生活/经济困难和儿童外化症状之间的联系.
结论:
- 父母工作记忆是COVID-19大流行期间幼儿心理健康的重要保护因素.
- 针对父母工作记忆的干预措施可能有助于减轻危机对儿童的心理影响.
- 研究结果强调了支持家长认知功能的重要性,以促进儿童的弹性.
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