Abstract:

This research was carried out descriptively between Feb 2021 and Agust 2021 in order to determine the effect of parents' coronavirus anxiety level on the parent-child relationship during the pandemic process. The sample of the study consisted of 450 parents with children aged 6-12 years. The data were collected with the prepared introductory information form, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (COA) and the Parent Child Relationship Scale (EPCI). The data were evaluated using the appropriate statistical analyzes in the SPSS program. It was determined that 73.6% of the parents participating in the study were mothers, 62.4% were between the ages of 35-44, and nearly half (45.8%) were university graduates. The mean scores of the mothers on the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale were found to be higher than those of the fathers (p<0.01). The mean score of the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale was found to be higher for those who were treated with a diagnosis of coronavirus in their family, those living in an extended family, and those with less income than their expenses (P<0.05). Parents who are high school graduates and in the age group of 25-34 have higher mean scores for the "ESWS-P positivity" sub-dimension and total ECIS scores (P<0.05). It was determined that there was no relationship between the coronavirus Anxiety level and the PCSQ-N negativity and PCSQ-P positivity sub-dimension and the PCSQ total score (P>0.05). As a result of our study with parents with children aged 6-12, although the effect of coronavirus anxiety on the parent-child relationship did not have a statistically significant effect, when the other scores were examined, it was seen that the anxiety of catching the coronavirus affected the behavior of the parents and therefore their relationship with their children. In this process, preventive or therapeutic programs can be organized for parent-child communication.

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