Experience of the covid-19 phenomenon in the context of marital and parent-child relationships

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https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.4374

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Marital Conflicts, Anxiety, Parental Stress, School Activities, Rough Handling, Phenomenology

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought major changes on family relationship worldwide and the mandatory isolations made the development of home schooling and work a must. Objective: To explain marital conflict based on anxiety, parental stress, rough handling of children and the accompaniment of parents in their children’s school activities during confinement by COVID-19. Method: Descriptive, explanatory, mixed study, through questionnaire and interview. The Study was carried out in a sample of 899 Colombian and Aruban people. Results: the variable that weighted the most in women in Colombia was parental stress. In men it was anxiety which makes a greater contribution to marital conflict, followed by parental stress. In Aruba, the only variable that contributed significantly was parental stress. In both countries, a positive correlation with anxiety, parental stress and rough treatment. However, a negative correlation was found with the accompaniment of the children’s school activities. Conclusions: The pandemic increased marital conflicts, due to anxiety, parental stress, which sometimes generated rough handling of children and the spouse.

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Author Biographies

Victoria Eugenia Cabrera García, University of La Sabana

Doctora en Educación y Psicología de la Universidad Navarra, Navarra- España. Profesora Instituto del Instituto de La Familia de la Universidad de La Sabana, Chía - Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-5655, contacto victoria.cabrera@unisabana.edu.co

Darlaine Betzabeth Erasmus Guedez , University of La Sabana

Magister en Asesoría Familiar y Gestión de Programas para la Familia de la Universidad de La Sabana, Chía - Colombia. Senadora del Parlamento de Aruba. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5564-4634, contacto: darlaine.erasmus@parlamento.aw

Junny Stefany Jiménez Muñoz, University of La Sabana

Magister en Asesoría Familiar y Gestión de Programas para la Familia de la Universidad de La Sabana, Chía - Colombia. Directora y orientadora del Liceo Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra: Fusafasugá, Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0649-506X, contacto: dirección@cervantesfusagasuga.edu.co

María del Carmen Docal Millán, University of La Sabana

Magíster en Estudios Políticos de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá - Colombia. Profesora Instituto del Instituto de La Familia de la Universidad de La Sabana, Chía - Colombia.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5444-0373, contacto: maria.docal@unisabana.edu.co

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2024-08-08

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Cabrera García, V. E., Erasmus Guedez , D. B. ., Jiménez Muñoz, J. S. ., & Docal Millán, M. del C. . (2024). Experience of the covid-19 phenomenon in the context of marital and parent-child relationships . Revista Colombiana De Ciencias Sociales, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.4374