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Examining family pre-pandemic influences on adolescent psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 lockdown, with social distancing measures in place and a decrease in social activities, emotional states are more likely to be transferred between family members via increased interactions and communication. However, longitudinal evidence, particularly for early adolescents, is l...

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Autores principales: Wong, Rosa S., Tung, Keith T. S., Li, Xue, Chui, Celine S., Tso, Winnie W. Y., Lee, Tatia M. C., Chan, Ko Ling, Wing, Yun K., Fu, King Wa, Wong, Ian C. K., lp, Patrick
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Publicado: Springer US 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35095244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02736-5
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author Wong, Rosa S.
Tung, Keith T. S.
Li, Xue
Chui, Celine S.
Tso, Winnie W. Y.
Lee, Tatia M. C.
Chan, Ko Ling
Wing, Yun K.
Fu, King Wa
Wong, Ian C. K.
lp, Patrick
author_facet Wong, Rosa S.
Tung, Keith T. S.
Li, Xue
Chui, Celine S.
Tso, Winnie W. Y.
Lee, Tatia M. C.
Chan, Ko Ling
Wing, Yun K.
Fu, King Wa
Wong, Ian C. K.
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description During the COVID-19 lockdown, with social distancing measures in place and a decrease in social activities, emotional states are more likely to be transferred between family members via increased interactions and communication. However, longitudinal evidence, particularly for early adolescents, is lacking. This study investigated family pre-pandemic influences on parental stress and adolescent psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected from 233 adolescents and their parents before and during the initial phase of the pandemic. Parents reported their own stress level and perception of adolescent adjustment problems, whereas adolescents reported their own psychological distress level. In addition, adolescents also reported their satisfaction with family life in the pre-pandemic survey. Cross-lagged path models indicated reciprocal associations between parental stress and perception of adolescent adjustment problems. Compared to adolescents low in pre-pandemic family life satisfaction, those adolescents with higher levels of family life satisfaction before the pandemic reported lower levels of anxiety and stress only when parental stress showed no increase during the pandemic. Findings provide support for the mutual influences between parental stress and perceived adolescent adjustment problems during the pandemic. Special attention should be paid to those adolescents who undergo significant family life changes during the pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-87831742022-01-24 Examining family pre-pandemic influences on adolescent psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic Wong, Rosa S. Tung, Keith T. S. Li, Xue Chui, Celine S. Tso, Winnie W. Y. Lee, Tatia M. C. Chan, Ko Ling Wing, Yun K. Fu, King Wa Wong, Ian C. K. lp, Patrick Curr Psychol Article During the COVID-19 lockdown, with social distancing measures in place and a decrease in social activities, emotional states are more likely to be transferred between family members via increased interactions and communication. However, longitudinal evidence, particularly for early adolescents, is lacking. This study investigated family pre-pandemic influences on parental stress and adolescent psychosocial wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected from 233 adolescents and their parents before and during the initial phase of the pandemic. Parents reported their own stress level and perception of adolescent adjustment problems, whereas adolescents reported their own psychological distress level. In addition, adolescents also reported their satisfaction with family life in the pre-pandemic survey. Cross-lagged path models indicated reciprocal associations between parental stress and perception of adolescent adjustment problems. Compared to adolescents low in pre-pandemic family life satisfaction, those adolescents with higher levels of family life satisfaction before the pandemic reported lower levels of anxiety and stress only when parental stress showed no increase during the pandemic. Findings provide support for the mutual influences between parental stress and perceived adolescent adjustment problems during the pandemic. Special attention should be paid to those adolescents who undergo significant family life changes during the pandemic. Springer US 2022-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8783174/ /pubmed/35095244 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02736-5 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Li, Xue
Chui, Celine S.
Tso, Winnie W. Y.
Lee, Tatia M. C.
Chan, Ko Ling
Wing, Yun K.
Fu, King Wa
Wong, Ian C. K.
lp, Patrick
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8783174/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35095244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-02736-5
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