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Preschool Emotional Problems in the Post-Pandemic Era between Parental Risk and Protective Factors
The psychosocial adaptation of children born or experiencing their early years during the COVID-19 pandemic remains uncertain. In order to implement prevention strategies, it is, therefore, a priority to deeply analyze children’s mental health in this post-pandemic phase and to identify family risk...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10647701/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37958006 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212862 |
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author | Prino, Laura Elvira Arace, Angelica Zonca, Paola Agostini, Protima Scarzello, Donatella |
author_facet | Prino, Laura Elvira Arace, Angelica Zonca, Paola Agostini, Protima Scarzello, Donatella |
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description | The psychosocial adaptation of children born or experiencing their early years during the COVID-19 pandemic remains uncertain. In order to implement prevention strategies, it is, therefore, a priority to deeply analyze children’s mental health in this post-pandemic phase and to identify family risk and protective factors. Indeed, recent studies reveal that children’s emotional distress increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in situations of high parental stress. The study investigates associations between some parental characteristics (coping strategies, parental burnout, resilience, perception of social support, and promotion of children’s social-emotional competence) and children’s emotional symptoms, considering gender differences. A total of 358 parents of children aged 2 to 6 years participated in this study. Regression analyses show that parental burnout is a predictor of emotional symptoms; moreover, for females, higher levels of emotional symptoms are associated with parental maladaptive coping strategies, whereas for males, the parent’s ability to promote children’s emotional competence is a protective factor. Results emphasize the importance of supporting parental well-being as a critical factor in shielding children from the repercussions of adverse situations. |
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spelling | pubmed-106477012023-10-30 Preschool Emotional Problems in the Post-Pandemic Era between Parental Risk and Protective Factors Prino, Laura Elvira Arace, Angelica Zonca, Paola Agostini, Protima Scarzello, Donatella Healthcare (Basel) Article The psychosocial adaptation of children born or experiencing their early years during the COVID-19 pandemic remains uncertain. In order to implement prevention strategies, it is, therefore, a priority to deeply analyze children’s mental health in this post-pandemic phase and to identify family risk and protective factors. Indeed, recent studies reveal that children’s emotional distress increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in situations of high parental stress. The study investigates associations between some parental characteristics (coping strategies, parental burnout, resilience, perception of social support, and promotion of children’s social-emotional competence) and children’s emotional symptoms, considering gender differences. A total of 358 parents of children aged 2 to 6 years participated in this study. Regression analyses show that parental burnout is a predictor of emotional symptoms; moreover, for females, higher levels of emotional symptoms are associated with parental maladaptive coping strategies, whereas for males, the parent’s ability to promote children’s emotional competence is a protective factor. Results emphasize the importance of supporting parental well-being as a critical factor in shielding children from the repercussions of adverse situations. MDPI 2023-10-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10647701/ /pubmed/37958006 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212862 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Prino, Laura Elvira Arace, Angelica Zonca, Paola Agostini, Protima Scarzello, Donatella Preschool Emotional Problems in the Post-Pandemic Era between Parental Risk and Protective Factors |
title | Preschool Emotional Problems in the Post-Pandemic Era between Parental Risk and Protective Factors |
title_full | Preschool Emotional Problems in the Post-Pandemic Era between Parental Risk and Protective Factors |
title_fullStr | Preschool Emotional Problems in the Post-Pandemic Era between Parental Risk and Protective Factors |
title_full_unstemmed | Preschool Emotional Problems in the Post-Pandemic Era between Parental Risk and Protective Factors |
title_short | Preschool Emotional Problems in the Post-Pandemic Era between Parental Risk and Protective Factors |
title_sort | preschool emotional problems in the post-pandemic era between parental risk and protective factors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10647701/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37958006 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11212862 |
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