TY - JOUR
T1 - Parental mental health and child anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America
AU - Ben Brik, Anis
AU - Williams, Natalie
AU - Esteinou, Rosario
AU - Acero, Iván Darío Moreno
AU - Mesurado, Belén
AU - Debeliuh, Patricia
AU - Storopoli, Jose Eduardo
AU - Orellana, Olivia Nuñez
AU - James, Spencer L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Social Issues published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - This study examined parents’ (N = 10,141, 64% women) reports of their and their childrens’ depression, anxiety, and stress in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. The data come from the COVID-19 Family Life Study (Ben Brik, 2020) and cohort recruited between April and December 2020. Participants completed online surveys that included the DASS-21 and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Our findings indicate that socio-economically disadvantaged families fared worse in mental health during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with families with more social and economic resources. Mothers reported higher anxiety, depression, and stress compared with fathers. Parents of adolescents and adolescents fared worse than did families with younger children. Parental physical activity was associated with better parent and child mental health of anxiety symptoms. We discuss the need to address the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in families in Latin America via coordinated mental health and psychosocial support services that are integrated into the pandemic response currently and after the pandemic subsides.
AB - This study examined parents’ (N = 10,141, 64% women) reports of their and their childrens’ depression, anxiety, and stress in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina. The data come from the COVID-19 Family Life Study (Ben Brik, 2020) and cohort recruited between April and December 2020. Participants completed online surveys that included the DASS-21 and the Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Our findings indicate that socio-economically disadvantaged families fared worse in mental health during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with families with more social and economic resources. Mothers reported higher anxiety, depression, and stress compared with fathers. Parents of adolescents and adolescents fared worse than did families with younger children. Parental physical activity was associated with better parent and child mental health of anxiety symptoms. We discuss the need to address the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in families in Latin America via coordinated mental health and psychosocial support services that are integrated into the pandemic response currently and after the pandemic subsides.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85132985202&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85132985202&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/josi.12523
DO - 10.1111/josi.12523
M3 - Article
C2 - 35942491
AN - SCOPUS:85132985202
SN - 0022-4537
VL - 80
SP - 360
EP - 388
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
IS - 1
ER -