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Titulo |
Material hardship and parenting stress among grandparent kinship providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of grandparents´ mental health |
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Autoría |
Xu Y, Wu Q, Levkoff SE, Jedwab M. |
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Fuente |
Child Abuse Negl. 2020 Dec 110(Pt 2):104700. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104700. Epub 2020 Aug 24. 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104700 |
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Resumen |
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of many families, including grandparent kinship families, to deal with a health/economic crisis. The fear of COVID-19 plus stay-at-home orders have increased individuals' psychological distress. Moreover, school closures and homeschooling further increased parenting stress among caregivers. Objectives: This study examined the relationship between material hardship and parenting stress among grandparent kinship providers, and assessed grandparents' mental health as a potential mediator to this relationship during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Participants and setting: Grandparent kinship providers (N = 362) that took primary care of their grandchildren participated in a cross-sectional survey via Qualtrics Panels in June 2020 in the United States. Methods: Descriptive and bivariate analyses, binary logistic regression, and mediation analyses were conducted using STATA 15.0. Results: Suffering material hardship was significantly associated with higher odds of experiencing parenting stress among grandparent kinship providers, and grandparents' mental health partially mediated this association. Conclusions: Addressing material and mental health needs among grandparent kinship providers is critical to decreasing their parenting stress. |
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URL |
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32854948 |
