Parent and Child Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptomatology during COVID-19
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Measures
- Demographic information. Information on parent and child age and gender, parent education and occupation, and region of residence were gathered.
- The CYW Adverse Childhood Experiences Questionnaire, CYW ACE-Q [74]—Child version. This clinical screening tool calculates cumulative exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in children aged 0–12 years. Parents reported how many experience types applied to their child. It is composed of 17 items: 10 assessing exposure to the original ACEs and 7 to additional early life stressors. Translation into Italian followed published guidelines, including the use of independent back translation. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.69 in the present research, which reflects an acceptable internal consistency.
- Satisfaction Questionnaire Parenting [75]. The questionnaire investigates parental satisfaction exploring five domains: spouse support, parent–child relationship, parent performance, family discipline and control, and general satisfaction. In the present study, only the subscale “parent–child relationship” was used. It is composed of 10 items with responses on a 4-point Likert scale. Cronbach’s alpha for the parent–child relationship subscale was 0.85 in the present research, indicating a good internal consistency.
- The Child and Youth Resilience Measure—Person Most Knowledgeable version CYRM-PMK [76]. The CYRM-PMK is a parent-report questionnaire measuring (individual, relational, communal, and cultural) resources available to children that may support their resilience. It is composed of 17 items with responses on a 3-point Likert scale. High scores indicate high resilience skills. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.87 in the present research, which corresponds to a good internal consistency.
- The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) [77]. This questionnaire evaluates prosocial behavior and psychological difficulties in children aged 3 to 16 years. It consists of 25 items on a 3-point Likert scale concerning emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity–inattention, peer problems, and prosocial behavior. Higher scores on the prosocial behavior subscale reflect “strengths”. Higher scores on the other four subscales reflect “difficulties”, which can be summed to obtain a total difficulties score. Additionally, emotional symptoms and peer problems can be summed to obtain internalizing symptoms score, and conduct problems and hyperactivity–inattention can be summed to obtain externalizing symptoms score. Normative data for the Italian population are available, and the Italian version has good psychometric properties [78]. In the present research, the Cronbach’s alpha for the five subscales ranged between 0.45 and 0.79. Moreover, the overall Cronbach’s alpha was 0.72, which reflects a good internal consistency.
- The Parental Flooding Scale [26]. This 15-item measure was designed to calculate the degree to which parents perceive their children’s negative affect expressed during parent–child conflicts as impulsive, overwhelming, and confusing. Items are rated from 1 = almost always to 5 = never, with high scores indicating low flooding. Translation into Italian followed published guidelines, including the use of independent back translation. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.96 in the present research, indicating an excellent internal consistency.
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics and Correlations
3.2. Regression Analyses
4. Discussion
5. Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
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1. Life events (0.58 ± 1.24) T0 | −0.270 ** | 0.048 | 0.025 | 0.111 | 0.098 |
2. Satisfaction (33.23 ± 4.48) T0 | - | 0.139 | 0.222 | −0.173 | −0.332 ** |
3. Parental flooding (59.63 ± 9.82) T1 | - | 0.439 ** | −0.301 * | −0.584 ** | |
4. Child resilience (30.88 ± 2.55) T1 | - | −0.407 ** | −0.575 ** | ||
5. INT symptoms SDQ (3.77 ± 2.41) T1 | - | 0.426 ** | |||
6. EXT symptoms SDQ (5.53 ± 4.06) T1 | - |
Internalizing | Externalizing | |||
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Predictor Variables | Model 1 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 |
Parental flooding T1 | / | −0.584 *** | −0.410 *** | −0.400 *** |
Child resilience T1 | −0.407 ** | −0.395 *** | −0.356 ** | |
Satisfaction T0 | / | −0.197 * | ||
R2 | 0.166 | 0.341 | 0.467 | 0.503 |
R2adj | 0.152 | 0.330 | 0.449 | 0.479 |
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Scaini, S.; Caputi, M.; Giani, L. Parent and Child Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptomatology during COVID-19. Children 2023, 10, 1625. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10101625
Scaini S, Caputi M, Giani L. Parent and Child Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptomatology during COVID-19. Children. 2023; 10(10):1625. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10101625
Chicago/Turabian StyleScaini, Simona, Marcella Caputi, and Ludovica Giani. 2023. "Parent and Child Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptomatology during COVID-19" Children 10, no. 10: 1625. https://doi.org/10.3390/children10101625