The mental well-being of young children and families at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Tisborn, Katharina; Pelz, Janika D.; Schneider, Silvia; Seehagen, Sabine
Titel	The mental well-being of young children and families at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Psychisches Wohlbefinden junger Kinder und Familien zu Beginn der COVID-19 Pandemie in Deutschland.
Quelle	In: Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und pädagogische Psychologie, 54 (2022) 2, S. 51-66Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0049-8637; 2190-6262
DOI	10.1026/0049-8637/a000253
Schlagwörter	Bewältigung; Emotion; Wohlbefinden; Familienbeziehungen; Kind-Eltern-Beziehung; Stress; Pandemie; Problem; Betreuungsperson
Abstract	During the spring of 2020, the lockdown in Europe, enacted as a countermeasure to the COVID-19 pandemic, dramatically changed the social and daily life of young families. This online study explored the potential consequences of these unprecedented circumstances for the well-being of young German families. Caregivers completed a standardized questionnaire on their positive mental well-being and open-ended questions referring to their family situation and children. Although there is an emerging body of research describing pandemic-related outcomes in older children, little is known about its impact during early development. Hence, our analyses focused on a subset of caregivers of N = 798 children aged 0 to 23 months. Answers to open-ended questions revealed predominantly negative changes in their children and family life as a whole. During the lockdown, the well-being of the caregivers decreased. Taken together, the data show that social changes caused by the lockdown affected the well-being of young families. Potential mechanisms of stress transmission between parents and children are discussed. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2023/1