<p>The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVD-19) pandemic has profound impacts on families, while the direct evidence on how daily COVID-19 cases affect everyday family relationships is still unknown. Particularly, some families may be more resilient against the stress of daily COVID-19 cases based on their family characteristics. This study aims to examine how daily COVID-19 cases are associated with family relationships in Taiwan and to identify family resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the daily diary design, a sample of 163 adolescents and their parents reported family relationships in Taiwan. Parents and adolescents both reported on daily family relationships across 10 days, and daily COVID-19 cases were drawn from the Taiwan CDC. Results from multilevel models showed that adolescents reported higher family cohesion and parent-adolescent closeness on days when the COVID-19 cases were higher than usual. However, the positive effect of daily COVID-19 cases on family cohesion was not evident for adolescents in high-poverty families. For families with high conflict and poverty, parents reported lower marital relationship quality on days when the COVID-19 cases were higher than usual. Findings extend our understanding of the direct effects of daily COVID-19 cases on day-to-day family interactions and the vulnerability factors that heightened such effects. Limitations included self-report measures, only two-parent families, and limited generalizability to other samples.</p>

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Daily family relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic: association between COVID-19 cases, family characteristics, and family relationships

  • Shou-Chun Chiang

摘要

The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVD-19) pandemic has profound impacts on families, while the direct evidence on how daily COVID-19 cases affect everyday family relationships is still unknown. Particularly, some families may be more resilient against the stress of daily COVID-19 cases based on their family characteristics. This study aims to examine how daily COVID-19 cases are associated with family relationships in Taiwan and to identify family resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the daily diary design, a sample of 163 adolescents and their parents reported family relationships in Taiwan. Parents and adolescents both reported on daily family relationships across 10 days, and daily COVID-19 cases were drawn from the Taiwan CDC. Results from multilevel models showed that adolescents reported higher family cohesion and parent-adolescent closeness on days when the COVID-19 cases were higher than usual. However, the positive effect of daily COVID-19 cases on family cohesion was not evident for adolescents in high-poverty families. For families with high conflict and poverty, parents reported lower marital relationship quality on days when the COVID-19 cases were higher than usual. Findings extend our understanding of the direct effects of daily COVID-19 cases on day-to-day family interactions and the vulnerability factors that heightened such effects. Limitations included self-report measures, only two-parent families, and limited generalizability to other samples.