BackgroundWe examine precursors of child emotional distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic in a prospective intergenerational Australian cohort study.MethodsParents (N = 549, 60% mothers) of 934 1–9‐year‐old children completed a COVID‐19 specific module in 2020 and/or 2021. Decades prior, a broad range of individual, relational and contextual factors were assessed during parents' own childhood, adolescence and young adulthood (7–8 to 27–28 years old; 1990–2010) and again when their children were 1 year old (2012–2019).ResultsAfter controlling for pre‐pandemic socio‐emotional behaviour problems, COVID‐19 child emotional distress was associated with a range of pre‐pandemic parental life course factors including internalising difficulties, lower conscientiousness, social skills problems, poorer relational health and lower trust and tolerance. Additionally, in the postpartum period, pre‐pandemic parental internalising difficulties, lower parental warmth, lower cooperation and fewer behavioural competencies predicted child COVID‐19 emotional distress.ConclusionsFindings highlight the importance of taking a larger, intergenerational perspective to better equip young populations for future adversities. This involves not only investing in child, adolescent, and young adult emotional and relational health, but also in parents raising young families.

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COVID-19 大流行期间儿童情绪困扰的生命历程预测因素：前瞻性代际队列研究的结果

背景我们在一项前瞻性澳大利亚代际队列研究中研究了 COVID-19 大流行期间儿童情绪困扰的前兆。氮= 549 名（60% 为母亲），934 名 1-9 岁儿童在 2020 年和/或 2021 年完成了 COVID-19 特定模块。几十年前，在父母自己的课程中评估了广泛的个人、关系和背景因素儿童期、青春期和青年期（7-8 岁至 27-28 岁；1990-2010 年）以及孩子 1 岁时（2012-2019 年）。结果在控制大流行前的社会情感行为问题后，新冠肺炎19 儿童情绪困扰与一系列大流行前父母生命历程因素有关，包括内化困难、责任心较低、社交技能问题、关系健康状况较差以及信任和容忍度较低。此外，在产后阶段，大流行前的父母内化困难、父母温暖程度较低、合作程度较低和行为能力较低，这些都预示着儿童会出现 COVID-19 情绪困扰。结论研究结果强调了采取更广泛的代际视角来更好地为年轻人的未来做好准备的重要性逆境。这不仅涉及对儿童、青少年和年轻人的情感和关系健康的投资，还涉及对抚养年轻家庭的父母的投资。