家庭功能和儿童内化和外化问题:在COVID-19大流行期间进行的16波纵向研究
Hyanghee Lee1, Gregory M Fosco2,3, Mark E Feinberg2
1Department of Educational Psychology, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA.
Child development
|October 15, 2024
概括
小孩子 幼儿 幼儿
科学领域:
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 家庭研究 家庭研究
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行严重影响了家庭动态和儿童心理健康.
- 了解危机期间幼儿时代的心理健康轨迹和风险因素至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间检查幼儿的心理健康轨迹.
- 调查家庭功能与儿童心理健康结果之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 纵向研究设计,从2020年5月到2021年4月跟踪儿童的心理健康.
- 父母报告了来自204个家庭的关于孩子内化/外化问题和家庭运作的数据 (凝聚力,冲突,混乱,日常生活).
主要成果:
- 儿童的内化问题最初减少,然后稳定;外化问题保持不变.
- 家庭冲突和混乱独立地与内部化和外部化问题有关.
- 当所有家庭因素都被考虑在一起时,家庭冲突被确定为一个重要的风险因素.
结论:
- 在疫情期间,家庭冲突是影响儿童心理健康的关键因素.
- 针对家庭冲突的干预措施可能对于支持儿童的心理健康至关重要.
- 进一步的研究应该探索家庭功能中的保护因素.
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