In:
Social Psychology, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Vol. 54, No. 1-2 ( 2023-01), p. 52-65
Abstract:
Abstract. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, unprecedented social distancing rules (including mass school closures) dramatically constrained children’s social lives, jeopardizing human connections that foster prosocial development. This study of 2,516 families of 3–8-year-olds from six countries (China, Sweden, Australia, Italy, the USA, and the United Kingdom) examined whether children’s understanding or feelings about COVID-19 regulations mediated the expected association between COVID-19-related family disruption and children’s prosocial behavior, as indexed by parental ratings. For all six sites, family disruption indirectly predicted reduced prosocial behavior. Negative feelings about COVID-19 regulations mediated this association in all sites except China. Contrariwise, understanding of COVID-19 regulations was not implicated in the link between family disruption and reduced prosocial behavior.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1864-9335
,
2151-2590
DOI:
10.1027/1864-9335/a000485
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication Date:
2023
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2404430-1
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2404438-6
SSG:
2,1
SSG:
5,2
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