Patricia A Brennan, Sara S Nozadi, Monica McGrath, Marie L Churchill, Anne L Dunlop, Amy J Elliott, Debra MacKenzie, Amy E Margolis, Akhgar Ghassabian, Cindy T McEvoy, Rebecca C Fry, Traci A Bekelman, Jody M Ganiban, Lue Williams, Constance L Wilson, Johnnye Lewis
OBJECTIVE: To examine the additive or moderating influences of caregiver COVID-19 related stress, social support, and discrimination on children's behavior problems across racially diverse populations. METHOD: In this ECHO cohort study (N=1,999 caregiver/child pairs), we operationalized caregiver COVID-19 related stress in two ways, first as the number of stressors (e.g., financial concerns, social distancing), and second as the level of pandemic related traumatic stress symptoms reported via questionnaires administered between April 2020 and August 2022...
August 2, 2023: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry