Parenting Through a Pandemic: Mental Health and Substance Use Consequences of Mandated Homeschooling
Parenting Through a Pandemic: Mental Health and Substance Use Consequences of Mandated Homeschooling
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DOI：
10.1037/cfp0000171
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发表时间：
2021-12-01
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1.7
通讯作者：
Stewart, Sherry H.
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Deacon, S. Helene;Rodriguez, Lindsey M.;Stewart, Sherry H.
宣布2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）为大流行导致世界各地的学校关闭，以遏制疾病传播。在本研究中，我们考察了强制在家上学对父母心理健康和物质使用的影响。在一项对758对夫妇（其中211对是在家上学）的研究中，我们对比了在家上学对一般心理健康（焦虑和抑郁）、对特定于covid - 19的心理健康（社会经济和创伤压力）以及乐观情绪的影响。我们还研究了酒精和大麻对应对相关使用的影响。行为者-伴侣相互依赖模型结果显示强制性在家上学的负面影响；在家上学的夫妇中，乐观程度明显较低，更多地使用大麻来应对，而酒精的使用略高于在家上学的夫妇。这些水平高于大流行前的标准。然后，我们通过行动者和伴侣效应来探索养育动态。在在家上学的家庭中，在家上学的父母花更多的时间与焦虑、抑郁和covid -19特有的社会经济和创伤压力增加有关；对于在家上学的伴侣来说，酒精的使用明显增加，而创伤性压力则略微增加。这些发现突出表明，在COVID-19和其他大流行所需的强制性在家上学期间，有必要为父母设计和提供教育和心理健康支持，以便父母能够在这一不确定时期最好地支持他们的家庭。
The declaration of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic led to the closures of schools worldwide to contain disease spread. In the present study, we examine the effects of this mandated homeschooling on parents' mental health and substance use. In a study of 758 couples, 211 of whom were homeschooling, we contrasted homeschooling effects on general mental health (anxiety and depression) and on COVID-specific mental health (socioeconomic and traumatic stress), and on optimism. We also examined effects on coping-related use of alcohol and cannabis. Actor-partner interdependence model results demonstrated negative impacts of mandatory homeschooling; there were significantly lower levels of optimism and greater use of cannabis to cope and marginally higher use of alcohol to cope in couples who were versus were not homeschooling. These levels were higher than prepandemic norms. We then explored the parenting dynamic through actor and partner effects. Among homeschooling families, more time spent homeschooling was associated with increased anxiety, depression, and COVID-19-specific socioeconomic and traumatic stress in the homeschooling parent; for the homeschooler's partner, there was significantly increased alcohol use to cope and marginally increased traumatic stress. These findings highlight the need for the design and delivery of educational and mental health supports for parents during mandatory homeschooling required for COVID-19 and other pandemics-so that parents can best support their families through these uncertain times.