TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological distress, employment, and family functioning during the COVID-19 outbreak among recent immigrant families in Israel
T2 - Moderating roles of COVID-19 prevalence
AU - Lee, Tae Kyoung
AU - Benish-Weisman, Maya
AU - Vos, Saskia R.
AU - Garcia, Maria Fernanda
AU - Duque Marquez, Maria C.
AU - Calderón, Ivonne A.
AU - Konshina, Tatiana
AU - Elizarov, Einat
AU - Schwartz, Seth J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright: © 2022 Lee et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - Grounded in an ecodevelopment perspective, in the current study we examined unique and moderating effects of daily COVID-19 prevalence (social contexts) on effects of COVID-19 related risk and protective factors such as emotional distress (individual contexts) and employment (working from home and unemployment status; family contexts) on family functioning among 160 recent immigrant families in Israel. In general, results indicate several unique effects of COVID-19 related factors (such as COVID-19 emotional distress, unemployment, and remote work arrangements) on both parents’ and adolescents’ reports of family functioning. However, results indicated that there were more significant associations between COVID-19 factors (e.g., emotional distress and COVID-19 prevalence) and family functioning indicators with adolescents, than with parents. The effects of COVID-19 factors (e.g., emotional distress and remote work arrangements) were moderated by daily COVID-19 prevalence (new cases and deaths). We discuss ways in which interventionists can contribute to pandemic-related research to promote optimal family functioning among immigrant families.
AB - Grounded in an ecodevelopment perspective, in the current study we examined unique and moderating effects of daily COVID-19 prevalence (social contexts) on effects of COVID-19 related risk and protective factors such as emotional distress (individual contexts) and employment (working from home and unemployment status; family contexts) on family functioning among 160 recent immigrant families in Israel. In general, results indicate several unique effects of COVID-19 related factors (such as COVID-19 emotional distress, unemployment, and remote work arrangements) on both parents’ and adolescents’ reports of family functioning. However, results indicated that there were more significant associations between COVID-19 factors (e.g., emotional distress and COVID-19 prevalence) and family functioning indicators with adolescents, than with parents. The effects of COVID-19 factors (e.g., emotional distress and remote work arrangements) were moderated by daily COVID-19 prevalence (new cases and deaths). We discuss ways in which interventionists can contribute to pandemic-related research to promote optimal family functioning among immigrant families.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85142145445
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0277757
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0277757
M3 - Article
C2 - 36395155
AN - SCOPUS:85142145445
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 17
JO - PLoS ONE
JF - PLoS ONE
IS - 11 November
M1 - e0277757
ER -