Slovak parents' mental health and socioeconomic changes during the COVID-19 pandemic

Autor
Vargova, Lenka
Mikulaskova, Gabriela
Fedakova, Denisa
Lacny, Martin
Babjakova, Jaroslava
Slosarikova, Martina
Babincak, Peter
Adamkovic, Matus
Datum vydání
2022Publikováno v
Frontiers in Psychiatry [online]Ročník / Číslo vydání
13 (August)ISBN / ISSN
ISSN: 1664-0640Metadata
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Tato publikace má vydavatelskou verzi s DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.934293
Abstrakt
The changes in people's mental health have become one of the hot topics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents have been said to be among the most vulnerable groups in terms of the imposed anti-pandemic measures. The present paper analyzes the trends in mental health indicators in a sample of Slovak parents (N = 363) who participated in four waves of data collection over a year and a half of the COVID-19 pandemic. The mental health indicators were represented by general levels of depression and anxiety as well as COVID-related stress and anxiety. While there were only minor changes in depression and anxiety, the dynamic in COVID-related stress and especially anxiety was more noteworthy. Besides some exceptions, the results hold even after controlling for the socioeconomic situation. The gender differences in the mental health trends were found to be negligible. Overall, we observed no substantial deterioration in the mental health indicators across the four waves of the study.
Klíčová slova
parents, mental health, depression, anxiety, stress, COVID-19, pandemic, economic situation
Trvalý odkaz
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/2123Licence
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