Abstract

MARTINS, Cíntia R. et al. Parents' mental health and children's emotional regulation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2021, vol.23, n.1, pp. 01-19. ISSN 1516-3687.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1980-6906/ePTPC1913554.

ABSTRACT The objectives of the study were to investigate parents' mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic; to find correlations between parents' mental health and their perceptions of risk, virus exposure, use of preventive measures, COVID-19 knowledge, and social distancing practices; and to analyze correlations between parents' mental health and their perception about children's emotional regulation (ER). Participants were 69 parents of children aged between 5 and 12. The instruments used were ERC, HADS, ABEP, and a questionnaire about COVID-19. Descriptive analyses, the Wilcoxon test, and Spearman's correlation were conducted. The results indicated increased parental anxiety and depression during the pandemic, and a weak negative correlation between parental anxiety and their children's ER. The pandemic acts as a stressor, which impacts the mental health of both parents and children.

Keywords : mental health; emotional regulation; social distancing; quarantine; COVID-19.

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