Associations of household structure and presence of children in the household with mental distress during the early stages of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic.
Emily J SmailKira E RiehmCindy B VeldhuisRenee M JohnsonCalliope B HolingueElizabeth A StuartLuke G KalbJohannes ThrulPublished in: Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare (2021)
This study supports prior literature that demonstrates the positive association of child rearing with psychological well-being and suggests that these benefits may be present even under stay-at-home orders in the early stages of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).