CRAMPED Families Study

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What are the predictors of family adaptation versus maladaptation in the context of the COVID-19 global pandemic?

The FamilyPsycle Lab is finding out!

Welcome to the FamilyPsycle Lab's CRAMPED Families Study Website! 

The purpose of this study is to evaluate mechanisms of family functioning in the context of environmental stress (namely the COVID-19 global pandemic). Our primary aim is to identify which aspects of the family system, family environment, and individual histories are most influential in predicting optimal psychological and behavioural outcomes in this context. We aspire to gain an understanding of resilience in families so as to make informed clinical recommendations for working with families in clinical practice who may be facing a myriad of environmental stressors such as poverty and trauma. Additionally, we hope the findings from this study will be considered when developing programming and policy related to future pandemic outbreaks and similar events.

Who are the participants?


Study Methods

Recruitment Site:

Prolific® 

Survey Facilitation Site:

Qualtrics® 

Timepoints:

  • May 2020 
  • July 2020
  • September 2020
  • November 2020
  • September 2021
  • January 2022
  • August 2022

Eligibility:

  • Cargivers at least 18 years of age
  • Have 2 children, between ages 5 & 18

Respondent:

  • Caregiver Self-Report
  • Caregiver Parent-Report

Planned Analyses:

  • Multilevel Path Analysis
  • Within- & Between-Family Associations
  • Scale Development

Areas of Measurement 

Publications

Sloss, I. M., Smith, J., Sebben, S., Wade, M., Prime, H., & Browne, D. T. (2024). Family functioning in the context of current and historical stressors: Exploring the buffering role of social support. Child Abuse & Neglect.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106711

Johnston, D. Browne, D. T., Prime, H., Heron, J., & Wade, M. (2023). Parental mental health trajectories over the COVID-19 pandemic and links with childhood adversity and pandemic stress. Child Abuse and Neglect, 106556. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106554

Johnson, D., Browne, D. T., Meade, R., D., Prime, H., & Wade, M. (2022). Latent classes of adverse and benevolent childhood experiences in a multinational sample of parents and their relation to parent, child, and family functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13581.

Prime, H., Wade, M., & Browne, D. T. (2022). Pandemic-related disruption and positive adaptation: Profiles of family function at the onset of the pandemic. Adversity and Resilience Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-022-00077-7

Sen, H., Colucci, L., & Browne, D. T. (2022). Keeping the faith: Religion, positive coping, and mental health of caregivers during COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-021-00895-w

Shoychet, G., Browne, D. T., Wade, M., & Prime, H. (2022). Assessing positive adaptation during a global crisis: The development and validation of the family positive adaptation during COVID-19 scale, 5131. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 886504. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.886504  

Zhang, J., Madigan, S., & Browne, D. T. (2022). Caregiver’s psychological distress, technology use and parenting: The importance of a multidimensional perspective. Computers and Human Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107324

Browne, D. T., Wade, M., May, S. S., Jenkins, J. M., & Prime, H. (2021). COVID-19 disruption gets inside the family: A two-month multilevel study of family stress during the pandemic. Developmental Psychology, 57(10), 1681-1692.https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001237

Prime, H., Wade, M., May, S. S., Jenkins, J. M., & Browne, D. T. (2021). The COVID-19 Family Stressor Scale: Validation and measurement invariance in female and male caregivers. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.669106

Wade, M., Prime, H., Johnson, D., May, S. S., Jenkins, J. M., & Browne, D. T. (2021). The disparate impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of female and male caregivers. Social Science & Medicine, 113801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113801