TY - JOUR
T1 - When COVID-19 Met Families Living in Armed-Conflict Zones
T2 - The Importance of Maternal Trauma and Child Self-Regulation
AU - Levavi, Kinneret
AU - Yakov, Porat
AU - Pike, Alison
AU - Deater-Deckard, Kirby
AU - Hadar, Amnon
AU - Bar, Guy
AU - Froimovici, Miron
AU - Atzaba-Poria, Naama
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Levavi, Yakov, Pike, Deater-Deckard, Hadar, Bar, Froimovici and Atzaba-Poria.
PY - 2022/3/14
Y1 - 2022/3/14
N2 - The COVID-19 outbreak began in Israel at the end of February 2020, and on March 17, 2020, a general lockdown was announced. Families were instructed to stay at home and schools and non-essential businesses were closed. Aiming to understand how families who were already living in areas of high exposure to armed conflict would be affected by another external stressful condition, data were collected before and after the outbreak. Mothers and children (aged 10–45 months) were recruited from areas with high (n = 40) and low (n = 78) exposure to armed conflict. Mothers reported on their posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and on their child's effortful control tendencies prior to the outbreak. Toward the end of the first lockdown, mothers were interviewed regarding adverse effects of the outbreak on their family. No group differences were found for maternal perceptions of adverse effects of COVID-19. However, a moderation model was revealed, indicating that maternal PTSS as well as child effortful control predicted adverse effects of COVID-19 only in the high-exposure group. Results are discussed considering cumulative stress and risk factors.
AB - The COVID-19 outbreak began in Israel at the end of February 2020, and on March 17, 2020, a general lockdown was announced. Families were instructed to stay at home and schools and non-essential businesses were closed. Aiming to understand how families who were already living in areas of high exposure to armed conflict would be affected by another external stressful condition, data were collected before and after the outbreak. Mothers and children (aged 10–45 months) were recruited from areas with high (n = 40) and low (n = 78) exposure to armed conflict. Mothers reported on their posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and on their child's effortful control tendencies prior to the outbreak. Toward the end of the first lockdown, mothers were interviewed regarding adverse effects of the outbreak on their family. No group differences were found for maternal perceptions of adverse effects of COVID-19. However, a moderation model was revealed, indicating that maternal PTSS as well as child effortful control predicted adverse effects of COVID-19 only in the high-exposure group. Results are discussed considering cumulative stress and risk factors.
KW - adverse effects
KW - armed conflict zone
KW - child self-regulation
KW - COVID-19
KW - maternal PTSS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127753292&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.718455
DO - 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.718455
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85127753292
SN - 1664-0640
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Psychiatry
JF - Frontiers in Psychiatry
M1 - 718455
ER -
