AUTHOR=Marshall Andrew T. , Hackman Daniel A. , Baker Fiona C. , Breslin Florence J. , Brown Sandra A. , Dick Anthony Steven , Gonzalez Marybel R. , Guillaume Mathieu , Kiss Orsolya , Lisdahl Krista M. , McCabe Connor J. , Pelham William E. , Sheth Chandni , Tapert Susan F. , Rinsveld Amandine Van , Wade Natasha E. , Sowell Elizabeth R. TITLE=Resilience to COVID-19: Socioeconomic Disadvantage Associated With Positive Caregiver–Youth Communication and Youth Preventative Actions JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health VOLUME=10 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.734308 DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.734308 ISSN=2296-2565 ABSTRACT=

Socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with larger COVID-19 disease burdens and pandemic-related economic impacts. We utilized the longitudinal Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study to understand how family- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage relate to disease burden, family communication, and preventative responses to the pandemic in over 6,000 youth-caregiver dyads. Data were collected at three timepoints (May–August 2020). Here, we show that both family- and neighborhood-level disadvantage were associated with caregivers' reports of greater family COVID-19 disease burden, less perceived exposure risk, more frequent caregiver-youth conversations about COVID-19 risk/prevention and reassurance, and greater youth preventative behaviors. Families with more socioeconomic disadvantage may be adaptively incorporating more protective strategies to reduce emotional distress and likelihood of COVID-19 infection. The results highlight the importance of caregiver-youth communication and disease-preventative practices for buffering the economic and disease burdens of COVID-19, along with policies and programs that reduce these burdens for families with socioeconomic disadvantage.