Risk and resilience in family well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020/05/21 by Heather Prime, Mark Wade, Dillon T. Browne · 46 citations
Health Professions · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Family Support in Illness #Health, psychology, and well-being #Resilience and Mental Health
paper · doi:10.1037/amp0000660
openalex publication_date 2020/05/21 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an acute threat to the well-being of children and families due to challenges related to social disruption such as financial insecurity, caregiving burden, and confinement-related stress (e.g., crowding, changes to structure, and routine). The consequences of these difficulties are likely to be longstanding, in part because of the ways in which contextual risk permeates the structures and processes of family systems. The current article draws from pertinent literature across topic areas of acute crises and long-term, cumulative risk to illustrate the multitude of ways in which the well-being of children and families may be at risk during COVID-19. The presented conceptual framework is based on systemic models of human development and family functioning and links social disruption due to COVID-19 to child adjustment through a cascading process involving caregiver well-being and family processes (i.e., organization, communication, and beliefs). An illustration of the centrality of family processes in buffering against risk in the context of COVID-19, as well as promoting resilience through shared family beliefs and close relationships, is provided. Finally, clinical and research implications are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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