Parenting Stress and Heightened Risk of Child Maltreatment in the Context of the Covid-19 Global Pandemic
The Covid-19 context places children and their caregivers in a situation of uncertainty and a process of transition for an indefinite time. Even if the true extent of the effects of Covid-19 are largely unknown, it seems there are likely to be long term health, economic, developmental and social con...
| Subtitles: | Stress Genitoriale e Aumento del Rischio di Maltrattamento dei Minori nel Contesto della Pandemia Covid-19 |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Rivista di scienze dell'educazione
Year: 2021, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 424-440 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society NCB Personal ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Child Maltreatment
B COVID-19 pandemic B Parentings tress B estrés parental B maltrato de los menores B Pandemia da Covid-19 B maltrattamento dei minori B stress genitoriale B Pandemia de la Covid-19 |
| Summary: | The Covid-19 context places children and their caregivers in a situation of uncertainty and a process of transition for an indefinite time. Even if the true extent of the effects of Covid-19 are largely unknown, it seems there are likely to be long term health, economic, developmental and social consequences. The risk of child maltreatment is increased in the global pandemic context due to challenges related to social disruptions and the connected multi-layer stressors. This article examines how Covid-19 related stressors affect family functioning and impact caregiving via parenting stress, thus heightening the risk of child maltreatment. Drawing from the family stress model, the review is based on the assumption that social disruptions from the Covid-19 pandemic will generate parenting stress, placing children at the risk of maltreatment. The study describes the effects of the Coronavirus-induced stressors on the quality of parent-child relationship. An illustration of key family stress processes that can result in or modify the risk of child maltreatment is provided and psychoeducative and research implications are indicated. |
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| ISSN: | 0393-3849 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Rivista di scienze dell'educazione
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