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Toward a dimensional model of risk and protective factors influencing children's early cognitive, social, and emotional development during the COVID‐19 pandemic
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Hendry, Alexandra, Gibson, Shannon P., Davies, Catherine, McGillion, Michelle L. and Gonzalez‐Gomez, Nayeli (2022) Toward a dimensional model of risk and protective factors influencing children's early cognitive, social, and emotional development during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Infancy . doi:10.1111/infa.12495 (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12495
Abstract
Variation in infants’ home environment is implicated in their cognitive and psycho‐social development. The pandemic has intensified variations in home environments through exacerbating socioeconomic inequalities, and increasing psychological stressors for some families. This study investigates the effects of parental (predominantly maternal) mental health, enriching activities and screen use on 280 24‐ to 52‐month‐olds’ executive functions, internalising and externalising problems, and pro‐social behaviour; with socioeconomic status and social support as contextual factors. Our results indicate that aspects of the home environment are differentially associated with children’s cognitive and psycho‐social development. Parents who experienced sustained mental distress during the pandemic tended to report higher child externalising and internalising problems, and executive function difficulties at follow‐up. Children who spent more time engaged in enriching activities with their parents showed stronger executive functions and social competence six months later. Screen use levels during the first year of the pandemic were not associated with outcomes. To mitigate the risk of persistent negative effects for this ‘pandemic generation’ of infants, our study highlights the importance of supporting parents’ mental health. As our results demonstrate the impact of social support on mental health, investing in support services and interventions promoting building support networks are likely to be beneficial.
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||||||
| SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Psychological aspects , Cognition in children, Cognition in infants , Parents -- Mental health | ||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Infancy | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1532-7078 | ||||||||||||
| Official Date: | 22 August 2022 | ||||||||||||
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| DOI: | 10.1111/infa.12495 | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||||||
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| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | © 2022 The Authors. Infancy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Congress of Infant Studies. | ||||||||||||
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