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August 13, 2026Child Psychiatry & Human DevelopmentOpen Access

Parental Coping, Affective Symptoms, and Affective Reactions to Parenting Stress in Parents of Adolescents During COVID-19

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Randomized trial examines parenting stress and coping in parents of adolescents, suggesting key emotional responses require attention.

Key Points

  • The study investigates how parenting stress and coping strategies relate to affective symptoms during COVID-19.
  • Recruited 396 parents of adolescents aged 12 to 16 years during November to December 2021.
  • Participants completed self-report measures and engaged in standardized audio vignettes to evaluate emotional responses.
  • Analyzed the association between coping strategies and affective symptoms across genders.
  • Maternal secondary control coping correlated with emotional reactions to stress-inducing scenarios.
  • Paternal affective symptoms were linked to anxious responses in standardized audio vignettes.
  • Promoting secondary control coping may improve parental emotional responses during challenging interactions.

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A 2026 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d76062b0e0cff3f63f1bchttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-026-02075-7
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