Easing pandemic-related restrictions, easing psychosocial stress factors in families with infants and toddlers? Cross-sectional results of the three wave CoronabaBY study from Germany

Friedmann, Anna; Buechel, Catherine; Seifert, Clara; Eber, Stefan; Mall, Volker; Nehring, Ina

doi:10.1186/s13034-023-00618-7

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Table 4 Sociodemographic and pandemic-related predictors for EBI, STADI (mothers), Crying/Whining/Sleeping (CWS) score and SDQ^a

From: Easing pandemic-related restrictions, easing psychosocial stress factors in families with infants and toddlers? Cross-sectional results of the three wave CoronabaBY study from Germany

Predictors	EBI total score				STADI total score (mothers)				CWS sub score				SDQ total score
Predictors	B	SE B	ß	R²	B	SE B	ß	R²	B	SE B	ß	R²	B	SE B	ß	R²
First block				0.053				0.083				0.032				0.093
Child’s age (months)	0.210	0.034	0.122*		0.192	0.02	0.193**		0.000	0.003	0.002		0.059	0.020	0.074*
More than one child^b	1.583	0.798	0.039*		1.363	0.48	0.059*		−0.096	0.022	−0.126**		0.773	0.277	0.074*
Child’s chronic illness and/or disability^b	5.568	1.405	0.077**		2.412	0.802	.060*		0.062	0.046	0.038		3.087	0.425	0.189**
Level of education^b	5.280	0.820	0.127**		1.399	0.481	0.058*		0.069	0.022	−0.088*		−0.683	0.280	−0.065*
Financial status (before pandemic)^b	−5.38	0.805	−0.132**		−4.025	0.472	−0.171**		−0.086	0.022	−0.113**		−1.688	0.276	−0.162**
Second block				0.264				0.272				0.095				0.175
Child’s age (months)	0.114	0.031	0.066**		0.150	0.018	0.151**		0.000	0.003	−0.002		0.05	0.02	0.064*
More than one child^b	−0.809	0.719	−0.020		0.053	0.430	0.002		−0.120	0.022	−0.159**		0.418	0.268	0.04
Child’s chronic illness and/or disability ^b	3.345	1.247	0.046*		0.981	0.724	0.024		0.059	0.045	0.036		2.612	0.411	0.16**
Level of education^b	4.711	0.733	0.113**		1.140	0.437	0.047*		0.059	0.022	0.075*		−0.742	0.272	−0.07*
Financial status (before pandemic)^b	−2.077	0.739	−0.051*		−2.093	0.441	−0.089**		−0.054	0.022	−0.071*		−1.007	0.276	−0.097**
Survey Wave	2.821	0.444	0.117**		0.310	0.266	0.022		0.054	0.014	0.119**		0.300	0.165	0.048
Financial burden due to pandemic	0.854	0.839	0.018		1.236	0.503	0.046*		−0.003	0.025	−0.003		0.911	0.308	0.078*
Perceived pandemic burden	3.152	0.431	0.142**		2.333	0.259	0.181**		0.042	0.012	0.102**		0.421	0.164	0.073*
Worries about COVID-Infections	1.568	0.297	0.096**		0.883	0.177	0.094**		0.000	0.009	0.001		0.295	0.113	0.07*
Increased family conflicts	6.206	0.330	0.355**		3.065	0.196	0.305**		0.050	0.010	0.149**		0.958	0.121	0.216**
Restrictions: family support services	1.558	0.348	0.088**		0.542	0.210	0.053*		0.029	0.011	0.084*		0.121	0.126	0.028
Restrictions: parental social contacts	−1.530	0.394	−0.079**		−0.146	0.236	−0.013		0.000	0.012	−0.001		−0.192	0.145	−0.04

N = 2581. Significance indicated by *p ≤ 0.05, **p ≤ 0.001
^aBlock-wise selection approach. ^bDichotomised
EBI- German Version of Parenting Stress Index (‘Eltern-Belastungs-Inventar’), STADI: State-Trait-Anxiety-Depression Inventory, CFS: Questionnaire for Crying, Sleeping and Feeding, SDQ: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

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