علیرضا محمدی آریا - دانشگاه
زبیده خاوری - دانشگاه
سیامک طهماسبی
سمانه حسین زاده

Introduction: Childhood is one of the most important stages of life when a person's personality is established during this period. Mental health is one of the important aspects of the sensitive period of childhood. This study has been investigated in order to determine the relationship between parents' knowledge, attitude and skills in dealing with the covid-۱۹ disease with the mental health of ۶-year-old children in Tehran in ۱۴۰۱. Therefore, identifying the factors affecting at mental health is the aim of the research. Research method: This research is a descriptive-correlation cross-sectional study. The statistical population of this research is the parents of ۶-year-old girls and boys in Tehran who have completed preschool in ۱۴۰۱. Sampling in this research was done in an available manner and parents of preschool children participated in the study. In order to collect scores, questionnaires of demographic characteristics including individual, family and social factors, Connors mental health questionnaire, parent form, The knowledge, attitude and skill of the researcher were used. Data were analyzed with regression, descriptive statistics and ۲۳spss statistical software. Findings: The obtained results showed that a significant relationship was observed between "parents' attitude in dealing with covid-۱۹" and the dependent variable "children's behavioral problems". In the meantime, there was no significant relationship between "parents' knowledge and skills in dealing with the disease of Covid-۱۹" and the variable "mental health of children". Conclusion: What is important is a careful look at the child's behavior within the context of the family and in the interaction with the parents. The findings of the present study show that only the variable of parents' attitude has been effective on children's mental health. Based on this, besides identifying factors related to parents at the first stage, the adoption of corrective measures to maintain children's mental health should be considered

Keywords: knowledge, attitude, skills, parents, covid-۱۹, mental health, children, دانش, نگرش, مهارت, والدین, کووید-۱۹, سلامت روان, کودکان