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Individual and Family Functioning in Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Fri, April 9, 2:45 to 4:15pm EDT (2:45 to 4:15pm EDT), VirtualSession Type: Paper Symposium
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the family system on multiple dimensions, given changes in risk exposure, living arrangements, and school attendance. We consider a range of contextual correlates of individual and family functioning using racially/ethnically diverse samples of families with offspring ages 0 to 24. Samples include vulnerable populations such as Black fathers, Latinx siblings, and LGBTQ+ college students from around the US, and understudied family subsystems such as father-offspring and sibling-sibling relationships. Across studies, data include parent or offspring perspectives on relationships and wellbeing, before and/or during the pandemic. We include a range of outcomes (depression, anxiety, stress, family positivity and negativity) and correlates (work characteristics, school closure, pandemic concerns, co-parenting, social support, wellbeing). Paper 1 demonstrates that Black fathers’ COVID-related work contexts are directly and indirectly associated with family processes. Paper 2 shows that during the pandemic, parents who are anxious, stressed, and less close to their children are more likely to have clinically significant depression. Paper 3 reveals that after COVID-related school closures, children with more siblings at home became closer, whereas children from low-income families and with stronger enculturation were vulnerable to negative effects of school closures. Paper 4 demonstrates that LGBTQ+ college students who had better relationships with their mothers and fathers and more supportive families and friends reported less stress and less increase in stress as a result of the pandemic. Together, these papers highlight the important contextual factors that contribute to better or worse individual and familial wellbeing during the pandemic.
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Individual Presentations
Black Fathers’ Work Contexts During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Individual Well-Being and Family Processes - Non-Presenting Author: Shauna M. Cooper, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Presenting Author: Alvin Thomas, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Non-Presenting Author: Olajide Bamishigbin, California State University, Long Beach
Prospective contributions to parents’ mental health risk during COVID-19: Parent-child closeness predicts exacerbated depression outcomes - Presenting Author: Beth S Russell, University of Connecticut; Non-Presenting Author: Rachel Tambling, University of Connecticut; Non-Presenting Author: Abagail Lynn Horton, University of Connecticut; Non-Presenting Author: Morica Hutchison, University of Connecticut; Non-Presenting Author: Alexandria J Tomkunas, University of Connecticut
Implications of COVID-19 School Closures for Sibling Dynamics Among Latinx Children: A Daily Diary Study - Presenting Author: Xiaoran Sun, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Non-Presenting Author: Kimberly Updegraff, Arizona State University; Non-Presenting Author: Susan McHale, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; Non-Presenting Author: Anna K Hochgraf, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Non-Presenting Author: Annabella M. Gallagher, Arizona State University; Non-Presenting Author: Adriana J. Umaña-Taylor, Harvard University
Parental relationship quality, social support, and LGBTQ+ students’ stress during the COVID-19 pandemic - Presenting Author: Eva S. Lefkowitz, University of Connecticut; Non-Presenting Author: Yuan Zhang, Michigan State University; Non-Presenting Author: Alyssa N. Clark, University of Connecticut; Non-Presenting Author: Rachael Farina, University of Connecticut; Non-Presenting Author: Veronica Hanna-Walker, University of Connecticut; Non-Presenting Author: Tracy Walters, University of Connecticut; Non-Presenting Author: Samantha E. Lawrence, University of Connecticut