Maternal Anxiety Symptoms and Chinese Adolescents' Mental Health During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Protective Role of Adolescents' Self-Compassion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15520403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tong Zhou (0000-0003-3901-3477), Xiaohua Bian (0009-0007-0399-1355, Zhengzhou Normal University), Kening Zhang (0009-0006-2680-5247, East China Normal University), Shanyun Zheng (University of Maryland, College Park), Yinuo Lin (East China Normal University), Hong Zheng (0000-0001-7752-0811, Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center, corresponding author), Junsheng Liu (0000-0002-6823-0617, Shanghai Changning Mental Health Center, corresponding author), Julia M Finan (0000-0003-2281-4593, Syracuse University), Julia Finan |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pages | 837846-837846 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.837846 |
| PMID | 35463484 |
| OpenAlex | W4226028099 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 56 |
The COVID-19 outbreak triggered dramatic changes to family life. Parents, especially mothers, were found to experience more psychological distress during the pandemic, which may have had an impact on their children's mental health. The primary goal of this study was to examine the potential protective role of adolescents' self-compassion in the relationship between maternal anxiety and adolescents' mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants included 5,720 adolescents (48.9% girls; M age = 11.60, SD age = 1.36) and their mothers from Zhengzhou city, Henan province, in Mainland China. Adolescents reported their level of self-compassion, PTSD symptoms, and negative affect during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mothers reported their own anxiety symptoms and their children's depression and anxiety symptoms. Results indicated that older female adolescents reported higher levels of PTSD symptoms and negative affect and lower levels of self-compassion than their counterparts. Maternal anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic was consistently positively associated with adolescents' psychological maladjustment. These associations were buffered by adolescents' self-compassion. Specifically, adolescents with higher levels of self-compassion were found to be less psychologically affected by their mothers' anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings highlighted the possibility of improving adolescents' mental health through fostering their self-compassion during the COVID-19 pandemic
Affect (linguistics · Anxiety · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Depression (economics · Disease · Distress · Mental health · Mindfulness · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Self-compassion · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |