Analysis of Psychosocial Adjustment in the Family During Confinement: Problems and Habits of Children and Youth and Parental Stress and Resilience

The COVID-19 health crisis has led to a dramatic change in dynamics and habits of families, which may be a factor involved in the development and maintenance of problems and difficulties in children. The present study is a cross-sectional study that aims to describe and analyze the relationship betw...

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Main Authors: Magdalena P. Andrés-Romero, Juan M. Flujas-Contreras, Mercedes Fernández-Torres, Inmaculada Gómez-Becerra, Pilar Sánchez-López
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647645/full
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spelling doaj-168a86eaeab144abbac9335143e8b5a32021-07-15T13:30:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-07-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.647645647645Analysis of Psychosocial Adjustment in the Family During Confinement: Problems and Habits of Children and Youth and Parental Stress and ResilienceMagdalena P. Andrés-Romero0Juan M. Flujas-Contreras1Juan M. Flujas-Contreras2Mercedes Fernández-Torres3Inmaculada Gómez-Becerra4Inmaculada Gómez-Becerra5Pilar Sánchez-López6Department of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, SpainDepartment of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, SpainHealth Research Center (CEINSA/UAL), University of Almería, Almería, SpainDepartment of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, SpainDepartment of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, SpainHealth Research Center (CEINSA/UAL), University of Almería, Almería, SpainDepartment of Psychology, University of Almería, Almería, SpainThe COVID-19 health crisis has led to a dramatic change in dynamics and habits of families, which may be a factor involved in the development and maintenance of problems and difficulties in children. The present study is a cross-sectional study that aims to describe and analyze the relationship between the difficulties in psychological adjustment and the change of habits of the infant-juvenile population as perceived by their parents and their stress and resilience during the total confinement of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, as well as analyzing the course of the changes and the relationships between weeks 3 to 6, that is, the score of different participants in each week of the confinement. The sample is comprised of 883 parents of children and adolescents between 3 and 18 years of age. Children’s psychological adjustment, children’s habits, parental stress, and parental resilience were assessed by parents. The results show that parents perceive a change in the habits and psychological difficulties in their children. At the same time, our results describe parents with a high level of stress and resilience, with differences depending on the children’s ages. The time of confinement accentuates the perception of parents about the psychological difficulties of their children and parental stress, as well as a decrease in resilience. These difficulties are reduced when the parent has resilience competencies. These results show that the resilience of parents mediate the relationship between parental stress and psychological problems of their children. These results shows that COVID-19 lockdown had a considerable effect on families, both on children and parents. Some practical implications based on results are provided.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647645/fulladolescenceCOVID-19childrenhabitsparentsparental stress
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author Magdalena P. Andrés-Romero
Juan M. Flujas-Contreras
Juan M. Flujas-Contreras
Mercedes Fernández-Torres
Inmaculada Gómez-Becerra
Inmaculada Gómez-Becerra
Pilar Sánchez-López
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Juan M. Flujas-Contreras
Juan M. Flujas-Contreras
Mercedes Fernández-Torres
Inmaculada Gómez-Becerra
Inmaculada Gómez-Becerra
Pilar Sánchez-López
Analysis of Psychosocial Adjustment in the Family During Confinement: Problems and Habits of Children and Youth and Parental Stress and Resilience
Frontiers in Psychology
adolescence
COVID-19
children
habits
parents
parental stress
author_facet Magdalena P. Andrés-Romero
Juan M. Flujas-Contreras
Juan M. Flujas-Contreras
Mercedes Fernández-Torres
Inmaculada Gómez-Becerra
Inmaculada Gómez-Becerra
Pilar Sánchez-López
author_sort Magdalena P. Andrés-Romero
title Analysis of Psychosocial Adjustment in the Family During Confinement: Problems and Habits of Children and Youth and Parental Stress and Resilience
title_short Analysis of Psychosocial Adjustment in the Family During Confinement: Problems and Habits of Children and Youth and Parental Stress and Resilience
title_full Analysis of Psychosocial Adjustment in the Family During Confinement: Problems and Habits of Children and Youth and Parental Stress and Resilience
title_fullStr Analysis of Psychosocial Adjustment in the Family During Confinement: Problems and Habits of Children and Youth and Parental Stress and Resilience
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of Psychosocial Adjustment in the Family During Confinement: Problems and Habits of Children and Youth and Parental Stress and Resilience
title_sort analysis of psychosocial adjustment in the family during confinement: problems and habits of children and youth and parental stress and resilience
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Psychology
issn 1664-1078
publishDate 2021-07-01
description The COVID-19 health crisis has led to a dramatic change in dynamics and habits of families, which may be a factor involved in the development and maintenance of problems and difficulties in children. The present study is a cross-sectional study that aims to describe and analyze the relationship between the difficulties in psychological adjustment and the change of habits of the infant-juvenile population as perceived by their parents and their stress and resilience during the total confinement of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, as well as analyzing the course of the changes and the relationships between weeks 3 to 6, that is, the score of different participants in each week of the confinement. The sample is comprised of 883 parents of children and adolescents between 3 and 18 years of age. Children’s psychological adjustment, children’s habits, parental stress, and parental resilience were assessed by parents. The results show that parents perceive a change in the habits and psychological difficulties in their children. At the same time, our results describe parents with a high level of stress and resilience, with differences depending on the children’s ages. The time of confinement accentuates the perception of parents about the psychological difficulties of their children and parental stress, as well as a decrease in resilience. These difficulties are reduced when the parent has resilience competencies. These results show that the resilience of parents mediate the relationship between parental stress and psychological problems of their children. These results shows that COVID-19 lockdown had a considerable effect on families, both on children and parents. Some practical implications based on results are provided.
topic adolescence
COVID-19
children
habits
parents
parental stress
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.647645/full
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