Summer Webinar 3 - Family Life: Stress, Relationship Conflict, Child Adjustment #GlobalCOVIDStudy
Channel: Global Covid Study UCL-Penn
Date: 2021-07-06

This third webinar in this series will focus on families and relationships. 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 behavior. Similarly, the impact of inter-partner conflict on child behavior 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.