#3280. Effects of Covid-19 lockdown on parental functioning in vulnerable families

October 2026publication date
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Abstract:
The research aim was to increase the knowledge about how the initial Covid-19 lockdown influenced parental functioning in vulnerable families. Responses from parents in a sample of potentially vulnerable families were divided into a lockdown group if participating at baseline and during the initial Covid-19 lockdown (n = 820 responses) or into a control group if participating at baseline and before lockdown (n = 1368 responses). The lockdown group showed significantly higher levels of parenting stress compared with the control group, but no aversive lockdown effect on mental health or destructive conflicts were found. Pre-existing financial problems and conflict levels, age of youngest child, and parent gender did not moderate the lockdown effects. The initial lockdown did not seem to adversely affect parental functioning, beyond increased parenting stress.
Keywords:
conflict; Covid-19; mental health; parental functioning; vulnerable families

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