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Parent and child mental health trajectories April 2020 to May 2021: Strict lockdown versus no lockdown in Australia

Westrupp, Elizabeth, Greenwood, Christopher, Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew, Olsson, Craig, Sciberras, Emma, Mikocka-Walus, Antonina, Melvin, Glenn, Evans, Subhadra, Stokes, Mark, Wood, Amanda, Karantzas, Gery, Macdonald, Jacqui, Toumbourou, John, Teague, Sam, Fernando, Julian, Berkowitz, TS, Ling, Mathew and Youssef, George 2021, Parent and child mental health trajectories April 2020 to May 2021: Strict lockdown versus no lockdown in Australia, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.1177/00048674211065365.

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Title Parent and child mental health trajectories April 2020 to May 2021: Strict lockdown versus no lockdown in Australia
Author(s) Westrupp, ElizabethORCID iD for Westrupp, Elizabeth orcid.org/0000-0001-6517-6064
Greenwood, ChristopherORCID iD for Greenwood, Christopher orcid.org/0000-0002-9211-6312
Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, MatthewORCID iD for Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6057
Olsson, CraigORCID iD for Olsson, Craig orcid.org/0000-0002-5927-2014
Sciberras, EmmaORCID iD for Sciberras, Emma orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-303X
Mikocka-Walus, AntoninaORCID iD for Mikocka-Walus, Antonina orcid.org/0000-0003-4864-3956
Melvin, GlennORCID iD for Melvin, Glenn orcid.org/0000-0002-6958-3908
Evans, SubhadraORCID iD for Evans, Subhadra orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-0030
Stokes, MarkORCID iD for Stokes, Mark orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-4544
Wood, AmandaORCID iD for Wood, Amanda orcid.org/0000-0002-1537-6858
Karantzas, GeryORCID iD for Karantzas, Gery orcid.org/0000-0002-1503-2991
Macdonald, JacquiORCID iD for Macdonald, Jacqui orcid.org/0000-0001-9451-2709
Toumbourou, JohnORCID iD for Toumbourou, John orcid.org/0000-0002-8431-3762
Teague, SamORCID iD for Teague, Sam orcid.org/0000-0002-0487-7307
Fernando, JulianORCID iD for Fernando, Julian orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-8822
Berkowitz, TS
Ling, MathewORCID iD for Ling, Mathew orcid.org/0000-0002-0940-2538
Youssef, GeorgeORCID iD for Youssef, George orcid.org/0000-0002-6178-4895
Journal name Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Article ID \00048674211065365
Start page 1
End page 12
Total pages 12
Publisher Sage
Place of publication London, Eng.
Publication date 2021-12-21
ISSN 0004-8674
1440-1614
Keyword(s) child mental health
couple conflict
COVID-19 pandemic
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
mental health
parenting
Psychiatry
Science & Technology
Summary Objective: To control a second-wave COVID-19 outbreak, the state of Victoria in Australia experienced one of the world’s first long and strict lockdowns over July–October 2020, while the rest of Australia experienced ‘COVID-normal’ with minimal restrictions. We (1) investigate trajectories of parent/child mental health outcomes in Victoria vs non-Victoria and (2) identify baseline demographic, individual and COVID-19-related factors associated with mental health trajectories. Methods: Online community sample of 2004 Australian parents with rapid repeated assessment over 14 time-points over April 2020 to May 2021. Measures assessed parent mental health (Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales-21), child depression symptoms (13-item Short Mood and Feelings Questionnaire) and child anxiety symptoms (four items from Brief Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale). Results: Mental health trajectories shadowed COVID-19 infection rates. Victorians reported a peak in mental health symptoms at the time of the second-wave lockdown compared to other states. Key baseline predictors, including parent and child loneliness (standardized regression coefficient [β] = 0.09–0.46), parent/child diagnoses (β = 0.07–0.21), couple conflict (β = 0.07–0.18) and COVID-19 stressors, such as worry/concern about COVID-19, illness and loss of job (β = 0.12–0.15), predicted elevated trajectories. Effects of predictors on parent and child mental health trajectories are illustrated in an online interactive app for readers ( https://lingtax.shinyapps.io/CPAS_trend/ ). Conclusion: Our findings provide evidence of worse trajectories of parent and child mental health symptoms at a time coinciding with a second COVID-19 outbreak involving strict lockdown in Victoria, compared to non-locked states in Australia. We identified several baseline factors that may be useful in detecting high-risk families who are likely to require additional support early on in future lockdowns.
Language eng
DOI 10.1177/00048674211065365
Field of Research 170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing
11 Medical and Health Sciences
17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Socio Economic Objective 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Grant ID NHMRC 1175086
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30160978

Document type: Journal Article
Collections: Faculty of Health
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