Parenting stress and risk of child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A family stress theoryinformed perspective

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorWu, Q., & Xu, Y.
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-02T18:59:18Z
dc.date.available2020-11-02T18:59:18Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractThe risk of child maltreatment is heightened during the pandemic due to multiple COVID-19 related stressors, such as physical and mental health concerns, economic stress, challenges in homeschooling, marital conflicts and intimate personal violence, and intensified child–parent relationships. Both parental internal (e.g., parenting styles) and external resources (e.g., social support), and parental perceptions toward stressors will affect how parents cope with these stressors, which may exacerbate or mitigate the risk of child maltreatment. Guided by family stress theory, this article identifies COVID-19 related stressors at the family level, and further elaborates on how these stressors are associated with child maltreatment via parents’ resources, perceptions, and coping strategies. Implications for future practice and research are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWu, Q., & Xu, Y. (2020). Parenting stress and risk of child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A family stress theory-informed perspective. Developmental Child Welfare, 2516103220967937.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2516103220967937
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4885
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDevelopmental Child Welfareen_US
dc.subjectfamily stress theoryen_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatment risken_US
dc.subjectparental resourcesen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectcopingen_US
dc.titleParenting stress and risk of child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: A family stress theoryinformed perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

Files

Collections

CALiO Collection of Resources