VIRTUAL EVENT: Family - stress, relationship conflict and child adjustment

The current global COVID-19 pandemic has increased levels of stress in many families. Families have experienced stressors across multiple domains, including finances, COVID-19-related stressors, employment, and relationships. 

Limited research shows that parents have experienced especially heightened levels of stress during the pandemic, and parental mental health during the pandemic has been linked to child-parent conflict. It has also been suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic may have increased conflict among couples in romantic relationships. 

Existing research has not yet fully examined ways in which pandemic-related stress has influenced both inter-partner conflict and child behaviour. Similarly, the impact of inter-partner conflict on child behaviour during the pandemic has not yet been examined. 

Using data from Waves I and II of the UCL-Penn Global COVID Study, we examined relationships between inter-partner conflict, parental mental health, and child adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In this webinar, we will present results from this analysis and discuss potential implications for improving both family relationships and child well-being. We welcome all families, parents, and young people to join our discussion.

Panel

• Speaker: Dr Jill Portnoy, Assistant Professor, School of Criminology and Justice Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Discussant: Dr Yahayra Michel, Assistant Teaching Professor, School of Criminology and Justice Studies, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Chair: Dr Keri Wong, Assistant Professor, UCL Institute of Education

UCL-Penn Global COVID Study webinar series

The UCL-Penn Global COVID Study is hosting a virtual webinar series, ‘Lessons from COVID-19: Reflections, Resilience and Recovery‘, sponsored by UCL Global Engagement. 

The five webinars will cover a range of topics including COVID’s impact on mental health in the general population across different countries, family relationships and social trust in others, postgraduate student wellbeing in higher education and the type of support we need to recover. 

Links

• Tweet with #GlobalCOVIDStudy
• COVID-19: Global social trust and mental health
• Department of Psychology and Human Development

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