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. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Parent and child mental health trajectories April 2020 to May 2021: Strict lockdown versus no lockdown in Australia Author(s) Westrupp, Elizabeth orcid.org/0000-0001-6517-6064 Greenwood, Christopher orcid.org/0000-0002-9211-6312 Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Matthew orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-6057 Olsson, Craig orcid.org/0000-0002-5927-2014 Sciberras, Emma orcid.org/0000-0003-2812-303X Mikocka-Walus, Antonina orcid.org/0000-0003-4864-3956 Melvin, Glenn orcid.org/0000-0002-6958-3908 Evans, Subhadra orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-0030 Stokes, Mark orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-4544 Wood, Amanda orcid.org/0000-0002-1537-6858 Karantzas, Gery orcid.org/0000-0002-1503-2991 Macdonald, Jacqui orcid.org/0000-0001-9451-2709 Toumbourou, John orcid.org/0000-0002-8431-3762 Teague, Sam orcid.org/0000-0002-0487-7307 Fernando, Julian orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-8822 Berkowitz, TS Ling, Mathew orcid.org/0000-0002-0940-2538 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 School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. 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