Introduction to the Special Issue: Parenting and Family Dynamics in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Introduction to the Special Issue: Parenting and Family Dynamics in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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DOI：
10.1037/dev0001252
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发表时间：
2021-10-01
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通讯作者：
Branje, Susan
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作者：
Weeland, Joyce;Keijsers, Loes;Branje, Susan
2020年3月11日，世界卫生组织宣布新冠肺炎疫情为大流行。2019冠状病毒病大流行带来了全球性挑战，对家庭动态、关系和日常生活产生了深远影响。与此同时，由于感染人数和预防措施的严重程度以及个人和环境风险和保护因素的区域差异，影响可能会有很大差异。因此，本期特刊的目的是：(a)深入了解这一流行病对家庭制度的影响，以及(b)增进我们对这种影响在不同家庭之间可能有何不同的理解。本期特刊包括13项原始实证研究，这些研究表明大流行如何影响家庭系统不同层次的家庭。乍一看，似乎许多家庭能够相对较好地应对压力源。然而，对另一些国家来说，大流行病和与大流行病有关的措施的需求似乎超出了它们的能力和现有资源。重要的是，本期特刊的研究表明，大流行对已经处于危险中的儿童、照料者和家庭的影响不成比例。本期特刊的文章共同提供了关于这一流行病和预防措施对家庭运作的后果的知识。与此同时，它也提出了关于大流行病的长期影响及其对目前在实证研究中代表性不足的家庭的影响的问题。
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic brought about worldwide challenges and had a profound impact on family dynamics, relationships, and routines. At the same time, the impact may differ largely due to regional differences in the numbers of infections and severity of preventive measures, as well as individual and contextual risk and protective factors. The aims of this special issue were therefore to (a) provide insight into the impact of the pandemic on the family system and (b) increase our understanding of how this impact may differ between families. This special issue consists of 13 original empirical studies that show how the pandemic affected families across different levels of the family system. At first sight, it seems that many families were able to cope relatively well with the stressors. Yet, for others the demands of the pandemic and pandemic-related measures seemed to exceed their capabilities and available resources. Importantly, the studies in this special issue suggest that the pandemic disproportionally affected children, caregivers and families who were already at risk. Together, the contributions to the special issue offer knowledge on the consequences of both the pandemic and preventive measures on family functioning. At the same time, it also raises questions on the long-term impact of the pandemic and its impact on families who are currently underrepresented in empirical research.