Exploring the lived experiences of women with children during COVID-19: Maternal stress and coping mechanisms.
COVID-19 pandemic
Coping mechanisms
Maternal stress
Resilience
Journal
Children and youth services review
ISSN: 0190-7409
Titre abrégé: Child Youth Serv Rev
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8110100
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2023
Feb 2023
Historique:
received:
20
07
2021
revised:
20
09
2022
accepted:
19
12
2022
pubmed:
29
12
2022
medline:
29
12
2022
entrez:
28
12
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This paper presents the results of a qualitative study of mothers' lived experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United States. An analysis of open-ended interviews with 44 mothers who had children ages zero-to-five identified two main themes: (1) increased stress among mothers; and (2) resilience through the use of coping mechanisms. The findings indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to higher stress among mothers due to issues of work-family life balance, family and children's needs, decision-making about getting sick, concerns for children's development, and lack of clarity from government officials. Mothers described using a variety of problem-focused and emotion-focused methods to cope with this stress. The lived experiences of mothers during the pandemic highlights the need for innovations in childcare modalities, paid leave policies to relieve stress, and strengthening whole family processes and resilience through the use of coping mechanisms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36575706
doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106775
pii: S0190-7409(22)00411-X
pmc: PMC9780639
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
106775Subventions
Organisme : NICHD NIH HHS
ID : K01 HD106070
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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