Abstract Parents living in low-income contexts shouldered disproportionate hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic with consequences to maternal mental health and child adjustment. The current study uses a sample of first-time mothers (N=147) of young toddlers, all living in low-income contexts, to examine the roles of pre-pandemic and COVID-19-specific risk and individual resilience factors in the
Focus Area: Child & Youth Well-Being & Resilience
Maternal Mental Health and Child Adjustment Problems in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Families Experiencing Economic Disadvantage
Examining interactions between negative emotionality and effortful control in predicting preadolescent adjustment problems
In concurrent and longitudinal analyses, we examined negative emotionality-by-effortful control interactions in predicting anxiety, depression, and conduct problems in 214 children aged 8–12.
Nature & Nurturing: Parenting with Your Child’s Temperament in Mind
Children can present challenging behaviors for very different underlying reasons depending on their temperament, and parents can be more effective if they understand the source of their children’s reactions. Little if any parenting advice that is available to parents provides the critical understanding of the role of children’s temperament in shaping children’s behavior and our parenting. This presentation will provide an opportunity to learn about the sources of children’s temperament or individual differences in their reactions, how temperament can elicit less-than-ideal parenting from even the best of parents, and how to parent more effectively with children’s temperament in mind.
Protecting Youth Mental Health – The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory
This Advisory offers recommendations for supporting the mental health of children, adolescents, and young adults.
Resources for Teens and Tweens
Resources to support your teen and tween’s well-being during COVID-19.