Publication Date
2023
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Bridgett, David J.
Degree Name
M.A. (Master of Arts)
Legacy Department
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The outbreak of the novel (COVID-19) pandemic in March 2020 resulted in changes within society that had lasting repercussions. Specifically for families, the sudden changes were observed to be stressful in conjunction with the added stress of simultaneously caring for children. The current literature has demonstrated that stress related to COVID-19 (i.e., pandemic-related stress) has been associated with both elevated maternal parenting stress and unfavorable parenting behaviors. Given these findings, the current study examined the influence of pandemic-related stress on parenting stress and subsequent parenting behaviors. Further, the current study considered maternal emotion regulation attributes – specifically cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression – as moderators of the association between pandemic-related stress and parenting behaviors. Mothers were recruited through Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk; N = 308). Mothers were screened for eligibility and subsequently completed surveys at additional time points approximately four weeks apart (i.e., Wave 1, Wave 3, Wave 5). Results showed that both proposed models yielded poor model fit. As such, evidence of moderated mediation was not supported. Exploratory analyses were conducted following the proposed analyses, and yielded significant mediation findings, demonstrating the indirect effect of pandemic-related stress through maternal parenting stress on negative parenting behaviors. A review of these findings, strengths, limitations, and future directions are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Kaye, Jordan R., "COVID-19 Stress and Parenting Practices: Maternal Stress and Emotion Regulation Strategies" (2023). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 7831.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/7831
Extent
84 pages
Language
en
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
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In Copyright
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Text
