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04-10-2023 | Empirical Research

COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Financial Hardships and Adolescents’ Adjustment: A Longitudinal Family Stress Approach

Auteurs: Sahitya Maiya, Aryn M. Dotterer, Sarfaraz Serang, Shawn D. Whiteman

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 2/2024

Abstract

Restrictions associated with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic created a host of short- and long-term economic challenges for families. Despite their ubiquity during the early pandemic, knowledge on the developmental impacts of pandemic-related financial hardships on adolescents’ adjustment is lacking. Guided by family stress and life course perspectives, this study investigated direct and indirect relations between pandemic-related financial hardships and adolescents’ later depressive symptoms, delinquency, and academic performance via parents’ depressive symptoms and acceptance. Data were drawn from three waves of a longitudinal study; participants completed online surveys at Wave 1, COVID-19 Wave (seven months later) and Wave 2 (five months later). Participants were two adolescent-aged siblings (n = 1364; 50% female; Mage = 14.45, SD = 1.55 years) and one parent (n = 682; 85% female; Mage = 45.15, SD = 5.37 years) from 682 families (N = 2048). Structural equation modeling results indicated that pandemic-related financial hardships were indirectly linked to greater adolescent delinquency and lower academic performance by adversely shaping parents’ mental health and parent-adolescent relationship quality. The findings highlight financial hardships as critical family stressors for adolescent adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Titel: COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Financial Hardships and Adolescents’ Adjustment: A Longitudinal Family Stress Approach
Auteurs: Sahitya Maiya
Aryn M. Dotterer
Sarfaraz Serang
Shawn D. Whiteman
Publicatiedatum: 04-10-2023
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 2/2024
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01875-7

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