scholarly journals Mental well-being during the first months of Covid-19 in adults and children: behavioral evidence and neural precursors

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Réka Borbás ◽  
Lynn Valérie Fehlbaum ◽  
Plamina Dimanova ◽  
Alessia Negri ◽  
Janani Arudchelvam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Caregiver Burden ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Behavioral Evidence ◽  
Mental Well Being

AbstractPandemics such as the Covid-19 pandemic have shown to impact our physical and mental well-being, with particular challenges for children and families. We describe data from 43 adults (31♀, ages = 22–51; 21 mothers) and 26 children (10♀, ages = 7–17 years) including pre-pandemic brain function and seven assessment points during the first months of the pandemic. We investigated (1) changes in child and adult well-being, (2) mother–child associations of mental well-being, and (3) associations between pre-pandemic brain activation during mentalizing and later fears or burden. In adults the prevalence of clinically significant anxiety-levels was 34.88% and subthreshold depression 32.56%. Caregiver burden in parents was moderately elevated. Overall, scores of depression, anxiety, and caregiver burden decreased across the 11 weeks after Covid-19-onset. Children’s behavioral and emotional problems during Covid-19 did not significantly differ from pre-pandemic levels and decreased during restrictions. Mothers’ subjective burden of care was associated with children’s emotional and behavioral problems, while depression levels in mothers were related to children’s mood. Furthermore, meeting friends was a significant predictor of children’s mood during early restrictions. Pre-pandemic neural correlates of mentalizing in prefrontal regions preceded later development of fear of illnesses and viruses in all participants, while temporoparietal activation preceded higher subjective burden in mothers.

scholarly journals Mental Well-Being During Covid-19 in Adults, Mothers, and Children: Behavioral Evidence and Neural Pre-Markers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Réka Borbás ◽  
Lynn Valérie Fehlbaum ◽  
Plamina Dimanova ◽  
Alessia Negri ◽  
Janani Arudchelvam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Subjective Burden ◽  
Brain Correlates ◽  
Adults And Children ◽  
Behavioral Evidence ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
Mental Well Being

Abstract Covid-19 and associated restrictions greatly impact our physical and mental well-being, with particular challenges for children and families. We describe data from adults and children (N = 69, 41♀, age range = 7-51y, including 26 children and mothers), including pre-pandemic brain function and ~ 2’500 tests acquired during the early pandemic. We investigated (1) variability in child and adult well-being, (2) mother-child associations of mental well-being during the first months of the pandemic, and (3) the association between pre-pandemic neural brain correlates during mentalizing and later fears or subjective burden. Significant variation in mental health was observed in both, adults (e.g., anxiety, depression, or caregiver burden) and children (mood and emotional and behavioral problems). Mothers’ subjective burden of care was associated with children’s emotional and behavioral problems, while depression levels in mothers impacted children’s mood. Furthermore, friends met was a significant predictor of children’s mood during restrictions. Pre-pandemic neural correlates of mentalizing in prefrontal regions preceded later development of fear of illnesses and viruses in all participants, while temporoparietal activation preceded higher subjective burden in mothers. This study demonstrates a significant effect on, and variations in, mental well-being in adults and children during the early phase of Covid-19, emphasizes dyadic effects and possible neural precursors.

scholarly journals Examining the Effectiveness of a Case Management Program for Custodial Grandparent Families

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenora Campbell ◽  
Dana L. Carthron ◽  
Margaret Shandor Miles ◽  
LaShanda Brown
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Case Management Program

Researchers have identified complex needs of custodial grandparent families and lack of access to needed resources such as housing, financial and legal assistance, and health care. Case management links these families with needed services while helping them develop skills to promote their health and well-being. This paper describes a case management program for custodial grandparent families using a nurse-social worker case management team. data were collected from 50 grandparents and 33 children using surveys and semi-structured instruments. Physical and mental health outcomes were measured using Short Form-12 Health Survey (SF 12) to measure the perceived quality of health for grandparents and the Child Behavior Checklist to measure the emotional and behavioral functioning of grandchildren. Grandparents more positively perceived their mental health after participating in the program. Perceptions about physical health were generally the same before and after the program. Grandparents' reported that many grandchildren had emotional and behavioral problems in the clinical range. These findings highlight the need for further research on the mental health needs of children being parented by grandparents as well as determining effective models and interventions to minimize adverse effects of parenting on grandparents.

scholarly journals Workaholism, Work Engagement and Child Well-Being: A Test of the Spillover-Crossover Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihito Shimazu ◽  
Arnold B. Bakker ◽  
Evangelia Demerouti ◽  
Takeo Fujiwara ◽  
Noboru Iwata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Work Attitudes ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

This study examines how working parents’ work attitudes (i.e., workaholism and work engagement) are associated with their child’s psychological well-being. Based on the Spillover-Crossover model (SCM), we hypothesize that (a) work-to-family spillover (i.e., work-to-family conflict and facilitation) and (b) employee happiness will sequentially mediate the relationship between parents’ work attitudes and their child’s emotional and behavioral problems. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among Japanese dual-earner couples with pre-school child(ren). On the basis of valid data from 208 families, the hypothesized model was tested using structural equation modeling. For both fathers and mothers simultaneously, workaholism was positively related to work-to-family conflict, which, in turn, was negatively related to happiness. In contrast, work engagement was positively related to work-to-family facilitation, which, in turn, was positively related to happiness. Fathers’ and mothers’ happiness, in turn, were negatively related to their child’s emotional and behavioral problems. Results suggest that parents’ workaholism and work engagement are related to their child’s emotional and behavioral problems in opposite ways, whereby parents’ spillover and happiness mediate this relationship. These findings support the SCM and suggest that decreasing workaholism and improving work engagement may not only improve employees’ happiness, but also decrease their child’s emotional and behavioral problems.

scholarly journals Child and parent outcomes following parent interventions for child emotional and behavioral problems in autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Autism ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1630-1644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Tarver ◽  
Melanie Palmer ◽  
Sophie Webb ◽  
Stephen Scott ◽  
Vicky Slonims ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Mean Difference ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Standardized Mean Difference ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
Parent Interventions

There is growing interest in the development of behavioral parent interventions targeting emotional and behavioral problems in children with autism spectrum disorders. Such interventions have potential to improve a number of child and parental well-being outcomes beyond disruptive child behavior. This systematic review and meta-analysis assesses evidence for the efficacy of behavioral parent interventions for disruptive and hyperactive child behavior in autism spectrum disorders, as well as parenting efficacy and stress. A total of 11 articles from nine randomized controlled trials were included. Sufficient data were available to calculate standardized mean difference and show favorable effects of behavioral parent interventions on parent-reported measures of child disruptive behavior (standardized mean difference = 0.67), hyperactivity (standardized mean difference = 0.31) and parent stress (standardized mean difference = 0.37); effects on parent efficacy are less clear (standardized mean difference = 0.39, p = 0.17). There were insufficient data to explore intervention effects on internalizing behavior in autism spectrum disorders, parenting behaviors, or observational and teacher-reported outcomes, providing important avenues for future research. This review adds to growing evidence of the efficacy of behavioral parent interventions for child behavior and parental well-being in autism spectrum disorders (Prospero: CRD42016033979).

scholarly journals Association Between Obsessive-Compulsive Symptom Dimensions in Mothers and Psychopathology in Their Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thiago Blanco-Vieira ◽  
Marcelo Queiroz Hoexter ◽  
Marcelo C. Batistuzzo ◽  
Pedro Alvarenga ◽  
Natalia Szejko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Child Behavior Checklist ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Short Version ◽  
Maternal Psychopathology ◽  
Obsessive Compulsive ◽  
Psychiatric Interview ◽  
Symptom Dimensions

Background: The non-clinical presentation of obsessive–compulsive symptoms (OCS) in women may impact not only their daily lives and well-being but also increase the risk for emotional and behavioral problems in their children. This study aims to investigate the OCS dimension distribution in a large sample of mothers from a cohort of school age children and the association between these OCS dimensions with their own psychopathology, and with the presence of OCS and other psychopathology in their children.Method: Our final sample consisted of 2,511 mother-children dyads recruited from the elementary schools of two large cities. Throughout multiple regression analysis, we examined the correlations between demographic and clinical variables of mothers assessed by the Mini International Psychiatric Interview (MINI) and the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale-Short Version (DY-BOCS-SV) with children's psychopathology status reported by the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL).Results: The overall prevalence of mothers who reported experiencing at least one OCS was 40% (N = 1,004). “Aggression/violence” was the most frequent symptom dimension (32.2%), followed by the “symmetry/ordering” (16.4%) and the “sexual/religious” dimensions (13.8%). There was a significant correlation between the presence of OCS and maternal psychopathology in general (p < 0.001, r = 0.397). Not only the presence but also the severity of the mother's OCS were strongly correlated to the total (p < 0.001), internalizing (p < 0.001), externalizing (p < 0.001), and OCS subscale scores (p < 0.001) on the CBCL.Conclusion: OCS dimensions are highly prevalent in women. Presence and severity of maternal OCS are related to children's psychopathology and behavioral problems.

scholarly journals Feasibility and Acceptability of an Interactive Mental Well-Being Intervention for People With Intellectual Disabilities: Pilot Mixed Methods Study

10.2196/15190 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. e15190
Author(s):  
Leen Vereenooghe ◽  
Kristian Westermann
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Routine Practice ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Potential Efficacy ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Mental Well Being

Background The availability of both digital and traditional mental well-being interventions is rising, but these interventions typically do not consider people with intellectual disabilities as potential users. Objective The study aimed to explore the acceptability and feasibility of a new digital intervention, developed with and for people with intellectual disabilities, to improve their subjective well-being. Methods Using a single-group pre-post design, participants with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers completed the 4-week intervention. Mixed methods questionnaires assessed the acceptability of the intervention, in addition to self-report and proxy-report measures of subjective well-being and behavioral problems. Results A total of 12 men with mild to moderate intellectual disabilities enrolled in and completed the study alongside 8 caregivers. Participant acceptability of the intervention was high, and feedback covered multiple aspects of the intervention, including (1) program concept and design, (2) program content, and (3) intervention usage. Self-rated mood barometers indicated mood improvements for 5 participants, deteriorations for 2 participants, and no observed changes for the remaining participants. Statistical analyses yielded no difference from pretest (median=79; range 39-86) to posttest (median=79; range 21-96) for subjective well-being in people with intellectual disabilities (W=10.5; P=.17) and for behavioral problems (W=14; P=.05). Conclusions People with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers are receptive to using digital well-being interventions, and this research shows such interventions to be feasible in routine practice. Given the acceptability of the intervention, its potential efficacy can now be evaluated in people with intellectual disabilities and symptoms of reduced mental well-being.

scholarly journals Subjective Well-Being of Young People in Therapeutic Residential Care from a Gender Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla González-García ◽  
Alba Águila-Otero ◽  
Carme Montserrat ◽  
Susana Lázaro ◽  
Eduardo Martín ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Residential Care ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Residential Program ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Residential Facility ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Males And Females

AbstractA growing body of research focus on subjective well-being (SWB) in adolescence; however there are few studies focus specifically on the residential care population and even fewer on differences by type of residential facility separately for males and females. This study aims to analyze SWB in therapeutic residential care (a residential program created to address youths with severe emotional and behavioral problems) in relation to young people in other kinds of residential child care (RCC). 567 adolescents aged 14-18 from Therapeutic Residential Care (TRC) (n=256) and RCC (n=311) participated in the study. Results showed few significant differences concerning the residential program factor. Satisfaction with their own family was greater for young people in TRC and satisfaction, both with the groups they belong to and with their own residential facility, rated higher among the RCC group. Regarding differences by sex, females reported less SWB in all the domains including overall life satisfaction. The effect of the interaction between sex and type of residential program showed that females in TRC reported SWB, particularly low. The main implications for research and intervention will be discussed.

scholarly journals Immediate psychological effects of the COVID-19 quarantine in youth from Italy and Spain

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mireia Orgilés ◽  
Alexandra Morales ◽  
Elisa Delvecchio ◽  
Claudia Mazzeschi ◽  
José Pedro Espada
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Emotional State ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
First Time

Background: The COVID-19 quarantine has affected more than 860 million children and adolescents worldwide but, to date, no study has been developed to examine the psychological impact on their lives. The present study aims to examine for the first time the emotional impact of the quarantine on children and adolescents from Italy and Spain, two of the most affected countries by COVID-19.Methods: 1,143 parents of Italian and Spanish children aged 3 to 18 years completed a survey providing information about how the quarantine affects their children and themselves, compared to before the home confinement. Findings: 85.7% of the parents perceived changes in their children´s emotional state and behaviors during the quarantine. The most frequent symptoms were difficulty concentrating (76.6%), boredom (52%), irritability (39%), restlessness (38.8%), nervousness (38%), feelings of loneliness (31.3%), uneasiness (30.4%), and worries (30.1%), and Spanish parents reported more symptoms than Italians. As expected, children of both countries used monitors more frequently, spent less time doing physical activity, and slept more hours during the quarantine. Furthermore, when family coexistence during quarantine became more difficult, the situation was more serious, and the level of stress was higher, parents tended to report more emotional problems in their children.Interpretation: The quarantine impacts considerably on Italian and Spanish youth, reinforcing the need to detect children with emotional and behavioral problems as early as possible to improve their psychological well-being.

Adoption Medicine

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Adoptive Parents ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Historical Perspectives

Adoption Medicine: Caring for Children and Families brings together contributions from leading child health professionals nationwide. It's replete with a wealth of adoption-specific information and insight you won't find anywhere else. Look here for practical how-to guidance on helping adoptive parents prepare; conducting pre- and post-adoptive health evaluations; optimizing adoptees' personal growth and development; addressing emotional and behavioral problems of puberty and adolescence; identifying and accessing educational and community resources; and much more. Real-life examples illustrate key counseling and treatment approaches, techniques, and recommendations. A wealth of essential information and how-to guidance Need-to-know "basics" - The adoption process - Historical perspectives - Legal considerations Pre-adoption considerations - Screening procedures - Prenatal substance exposure - Genetics and psychiatric issues - Neurobiology of risk and resilience Post-adoption essentials - Post-adoptive evaluation - Immediate developmental and behavioral changes Ongoing adoptee health and well-being - Long-term developmental and behavioral issues - Long-term consequences of child maltreatment - Growth and puberty concerns - Attachment issues - Speech and language outcomes in international adoption - Adoptive identity - Working with schools - Identifying and accessing support resources

Conceptualizing Youth Mental Health Through a Dual-Factor Model

2020 ◽  
pp. 20-39
Author(s):  
Shannon M. Suldo ◽  
Beth Doll
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
School Mental Health ◽  
Youth Mental Health ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Problems ◽  
Complete Mental Health ◽  
Emotional Wellness

This chapter summarizes evidence for the dual-factor model of mental health in which youth psychopathology and well-being are related but distinct and the promotion of wellness is equally important as amelioration of emotional and behavioral problems. The dual-factor model identifies 2 groups described in traditional mental health frameworks: youth without psychopathology who report positive emotional well-being (complete mental health) and youth who experience both psychopathology and low emotional well-being (troubled). Additional groups identified in dual-factor models are youth who are languishing emotionally but evidence no psychopathology (vulnerable) and youth who experience psychopathology while also evidencing emotional wellness (symptomatic but content). The use of the dual-factor model in school mental health facilitates identification of students who are vulnerable or symptomatic but content and need supports to foster positive emotions or manage distressing symptoms of disorders, as well as those who are troubled and need high-intensity or individualized mental health services.

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