COVID-19疫情期间新手父母的痛苦与忧虑：个人资源的作用

摘要(中文译文)

本研究考察了以色列新手父母在COVID-19疫情期间的育儿困扰和对养育婴儿的忧虑，探讨了个人资源（低依恋回避和依恋焦虑、高自我掌控感）以及各种与COVID-19相关的焦虑的作用，并比较了母亲和父亲。通过社交媒体招募了606名以色列父母（469名母亲和137名父亲）的便利样本，其第一个孩子年龄为3至12个月。母亲和父亲在育儿困扰或忧虑水平上未出现显著差异。较差的健康状况、较高的依恋回避和依恋焦虑、较低的自我掌控感以及更高水平的关于带婴儿进行健康检查的COVID-19相关焦虑，显著 contributed to 更大的育儿困扰。较低的教育水平、身为女性、较高的依恋回避和依恋焦虑以及更高水平的所有COVID-19相关焦虑，显著 contributed to 更大的疫情相关忧虑。研究结果表明，新手父母在危机期间可能会经历育儿困扰和对养育孩子的担忧，并且尽管特定的COVID-19焦虑与总体育儿困扰无关，但它们与疫情引发的忧虑有关。此外，研究结果凸显了父母个人资源的贡献，表明较低的依恋回避和依恋焦虑与较低的困扰和忧虑相关，而自我掌控感对于减轻在这一时期养育婴儿的忧虑尤为重要。这些见解可用于有针对性的干预措施，以减轻脆弱人群的困扰，例如最近首次成为父母的人。(PsycInfo数据库记录(c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利)。

Abstract

The study examined parental distress and apprehension about raising an infant during the COVID-19 pandemic among new Israeli parents, investigating the role of personal resources (low attachment avoidance and anxiety, high self-mastery) and various COVID-19-related anxieties and comparing mothers and fathers. A convenience sample of 606 Israeli parents (469 mothers and 137 fathers) whose first child was 3-12 months old was recruited through social media. No significant differences emerged between mothers and fathers in level of parental distress or apprehension. Poorer health, higher attachment avoidance and anxiety, lower self-mastery, and a higher level of COVID-19-related anxiety over going for infant health checkups contributed significantly to greater parental distress. Lower level of education, being a woman, higher attachment avoidance and anxiety, and higher levels of all COVID-19-related anxieties contributed significantly to greater pandemic-related apprehension. The findings show that new parents may experience parental distress and concerns about raising a child during the crisis, and that whereas specific COVID-19-anxieties are unrelated to global parental distress, they are linked to the apprehension aroused by the pandemic. Moreover, they highlight the contribution of parents' personal resources, showing that lower attachment avoidance and anxiety are associated with lower distress and apprehension, whereas self-mastery is especially significant for lessening the apprehension about raising an infant in this period. These insights may be used in targeted interventions to reduce distress in vulnerable populations, such as individuals who recently became parents for the first time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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