Article ; Online: Child Maltreatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Consequences of Parental Job Loss on Psychological and Physical Abuse Towards Children.
2020 Volume 110, Issue Pt 2, Page(s) 104709
Abstract: ... to psychologically maltreat during the pandemic. Regarding physical abuse, a significant interaction between job loss ... the COVID-19 pandemic, including parental job loss, and whether cognitive reframing moderated associations ... loss during the COVID-19 pandemic is a significant risk factor for child maltreatment. Reframing coping ...
| Abstract | Background: Job loss resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic presents significant risk for child abuse. Protective factors, such as reframing coping, may mitigate the risk of job loss on child maltreatment. Objective: The current study investigated factors associated with child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, including parental job loss, and whether cognitive reframing moderated associations between job loss and child maltreatment. Method: A community sample of 342 parents (62% mothers) of 4- to 10-year-olds (M = 7.38, SD = 2.01; 57.3% male) living in the United States completed online questionnaires regarding experiences with COVID-19, the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scale, and the Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scales. Results: Two logistic regression analyses evaluated predictors of whether parents psychologically maltreated or physically abused their children during the pandemic controlling for maltreating history, parental depressive symptoms, financial stability, parent age, parent gender, child age, and child gender. Parents who lost their jobs (OR = 4.86, 95% CI [1.19, 19.91], p = .03), were more depressed (OR = 1.05, 95% CI [1.02, 1.08], p < .01), and previously psychologically maltreated their children (OR = 111.94, 95% CI [28.54, 439.01], p < .001) were more likely to psychologically maltreat during the pandemic. Regarding physical abuse, a significant interaction between job loss and reframing coping emerged (OR = 0.76, 95% CI [0.59, 0.99], p = .04). Among parents who lost their jobs, the probability of physical abuse decreased as reframing coping increased. Conclusions: Job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic is a significant risk factor for child maltreatment. Reframing coping may be an important buffer of this association on physical abuse and presents implications for maltreatment prevention. |
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| MeSH term(s) | COVID-19/psychology ; Child ; Child Abuse/statistics & numerical data ; Child, Preschool ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Pandemics ; Parent-Child Relations ; Parents ; Physical Abuse/statistics & numerical data ; Risk Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Unemployment/psychology ; United States |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-09-04 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 799143-5 |
| ISSN | 1873-7757 ; 0145-2134 |
| ISSN (online) | 1873-7757 |
| ISSN | 0145-2134 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104709 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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