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The impact of Covid-19 on the well-being of young people with conduct disorder and their families
INTRODUCTION: The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed family dynamics and parents experience greater psychological distress. Conduct problems in young people have increased by 35%. However, it is not known how Covid-19 associated stresses have affected parenting practice, conduct problems, a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566765/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.858 |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed family dynamics and parents experience greater psychological distress. Conduct problems in young people have increased by 35%. However, it is not known how Covid-19 associated stresses have affected parenting practice, conduct problems, and comorbidities and what additional support is needed for families at risk. OBJECTIVES: This study uses self-report measures and semi-structured interviews to examine and explore the impact of Covid-19 on the families of young people with conduct problems and comorbid mental health conditions. METHODS: This is a sequential mixed-methods study. Eligible families with children aged between 11-18 years have participated. One-hundred-and-eighty-two families have completed eight online questionnaires and 12 have participated in semi-structured follow-up interviews. RESULTS: Analyses indicate that parental harshness, warmth, educational background, and employment have a significant impact on Covid-19 exposure and worries, as well as significantly higher scores of conduct disorder symptoms. Interview codes reveal that young peoples’ behaviour became more severe during the pandemic, and this was associated with reduced in-person support services, reduced personal space at home, and parents taking on the additional role of educator. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that Covid-19 is a significant risk factor to young people with conduct problems and their families. For example, reduced parental warmth and increased parental harshness increased conduct problems for young people during the lockdown. This study highlights that policies and services should work to better support such families. Future online psychosocial interventions are needed to empower families and improve parenting practice at home during the lockdown period and in general. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. |
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spelling | pubmed-95667652022-10-17 The impact of Covid-19 on the well-being of young people with conduct disorder and their families Bull, M. Livanou, M. Ball, R. Eur Psychiatry Abstract INTRODUCTION: The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed family dynamics and parents experience greater psychological distress. Conduct problems in young people have increased by 35%. However, it is not known how Covid-19 associated stresses have affected parenting practice, conduct problems, and comorbidities and what additional support is needed for families at risk. OBJECTIVES: This study uses self-report measures and semi-structured interviews to examine and explore the impact of Covid-19 on the families of young people with conduct problems and comorbid mental health conditions. METHODS: This is a sequential mixed-methods study. Eligible families with children aged between 11-18 years have participated. One-hundred-and-eighty-two families have completed eight online questionnaires and 12 have participated in semi-structured follow-up interviews. RESULTS: Analyses indicate that parental harshness, warmth, educational background, and employment have a significant impact on Covid-19 exposure and worries, as well as significantly higher scores of conduct disorder symptoms. Interview codes reveal that young peoples’ behaviour became more severe during the pandemic, and this was associated with reduced in-person support services, reduced personal space at home, and parents taking on the additional role of educator. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that Covid-19 is a significant risk factor to young people with conduct problems and their families. For example, reduced parental warmth and increased parental harshness increased conduct problems for young people during the lockdown. This study highlights that policies and services should work to better support such families. Future online psychosocial interventions are needed to empower families and improve parenting practice at home during the lockdown period and in general. DISCLOSURE: No significant relationships. Cambridge University Press 2022-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9566765/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.858 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstract Bull, M. Livanou, M. Ball, R. The impact of Covid-19 on the well-being of young people with conduct disorder and their families |
title | The impact of Covid-19 on the well-being of young people with conduct disorder and their families |
title_full | The impact of Covid-19 on the well-being of young people with conduct disorder and their families |
title_fullStr | The impact of Covid-19 on the well-being of young people with conduct disorder and their families |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of Covid-19 on the well-being of young people with conduct disorder and their families |
title_short | The impact of Covid-19 on the well-being of young people with conduct disorder and their families |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 on the well-being of young people with conduct disorder and their families |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566765/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.858 |
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