Adrenocortical and psychosocial responses of families in Jordan to the COVID-19 pandemic

Paul D. Hastings; Lindsey C. Partington; Rana Dajani; Antje von Suchodoletz

doi:10.1111/cdev.13662

Adrenocortical and psychosocial responses of families in Jordan to the COVID-19 pandemic

Paul D. Hastings, Lindsey C. Partington, Rana Dajani, Antje von Suchodoletz

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This study of 52 predominantly lower income Jordanian and Syrian families with young children (31 girls; M_age = 53.37 months, SD = 3.53) in Jordan began in 2019, before the pandemic. Families were followed to explore stress physiology, family functioning, and mental health over the first 9 months of the pandemic. Mothers reported less adaptive coping and more negative changes to family life in June 2020 when their children had poorer behavioral self-regulation and more behavior problems, and when families had lower income, in 2019. More negative changes to family life predicted greater hair cortisol concentrations in children in June 2020, and more negative changes and less adaptive coping predicted worse child and mother psychosocial adjustment in December 2020.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e798-e816
Journal	Child development
Volume	92
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13662
State	Published - Sep 1 2021

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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