Predictive models of maternal harsh parenting during COVID-19 in China, Italy, and Netherlands
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic drastically impacted on family life and may have caused parental distress, which in turn may result in an overreliance on less effective parenting practices. Objective: The aim of the current study was to identify risk and protective factors associated with impaired parenting during the COVID-19 lockdown. Key factors predicting maternal harsh discipline were examined in China, Italy, and the Netherlands, using a cross-validation approach, with a particular focus on the role of allomaternal support from father and grandparents as a protective factor in predicti... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Riem , M M E , Lodder , P , Guo , J , Vrielink-Verpaalen , M , van IJzendoorn , M H , Bakermans-Kranenburg , M J & De Carli , P 2021 , ' Predictive models of maternal harsh parenting during COVID-19 in China, Italy, and Netherlands ' , Frontiers in Psychiatry , vol. 12 , 722453 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.722453 |
Schlagwörter: | ABUSE / AMERICAN / CARE / CHILD MALTREATMENT / COVID-19 pandemic / EMOTION / FATHERS / GRANDMOTHER / GRANDPARENTS / METAANALYSIS / MOTHERS / allomaternal support / cross-validation / father involvement / harsh parenting |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26827757 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.tilburguniversity.edu/en/publications/ecddf8de-ec05-4fe6-bf57-8ad3942d4587 |
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic drastically impacted on family life and may have caused parental distress, which in turn may result in an overreliance on less effective parenting practices. Objective: The aim of the current study was to identify risk and protective factors associated with impaired parenting during the COVID-19 lockdown. Key factors predicting maternal harsh discipline were examined in China, Italy, and the Netherlands, using a cross-validation approach, with a particular focus on the role of allomaternal support from father and grandparents as a protective factor in predicting maternal harshness. Methods: The sample consisted of 900 Dutch, 641 Italian, and 922 Chinese mothers (age M = 36.74, SD = 5.58) who completed an online questionnaire during the lockdown. Results: Although marital conflict and psychopathology were shared risk factors predicting maternal harsh parenting in each of the three countries, cross-validation identified a unique risk factor model for each country. In the Netherlands and China, but not in Italy, work-related stressors were considered risk factors. In China, support from father and grandparents for mothers with a young child were protective factors. Conclusions: Our results indicate that the constellation of factors predicting maternal harshness during COVID-19 is not identical across countries, possibly due to cultural variations in support from fathers and grandparents. This information will be valuable for the identification of at-risk families during pandemics. Our findings show that shared childrearing can buffer against risks for harsh parenting during COVID-19. Hence, adopting approaches to build a pandemic-proof community of care may help at-risk parents during future pandemics.