Research Article

Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Volume: 10 Number: 2 December 30, 2023
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Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Purpose: The research was conducted as a descriptive study to determine the mood and behaviors observed by mothers and their children during the pandemic. Method: The research was conducted online between November 2020 and March 2021. Sample selection was not made, volunteer mothers were included in the study and 398 mothers were reached. The data were collected with the prepared questionnaire and the coronavirus-19 phobia scale. Evaluation of the data was made with the SPSS20.0 package program and descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of the data. Results: The mean score of coronavirus-19 phobia of mothers in the study was 49.75±15.69 (min-max 20-100). your mothers; 72.9% of them stated that they had anxiety about their children's health and 19.1% of them stated that they thought they neglected their children. During the pandemic, 45.0% of mothers experienced fear in their children, 23.6% experienced anger and 83.4% had boredom; 74.9% stated that their children tended to use technological devices such as computers/phones/tablets and 59.8% of them stated that they tended to cook together. 1.8% of the mothers did not take any action to protect their children during the pandemic, 82.9% tried to feed their children healthily, 53.3% restricted their children to contact people outside the family, 69.1% protected their children from COVID-19. It has been determined that they clean everything that comes to the house to protect it. Conclusion/recommendations: In order to increase awareness of COVID-19, it is recommended to increase its activities on a community basis.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Biochemistry and Cell Biology (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 30, 2023

Submission Date

March 6, 2023

Acceptance Date

December 4, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 10 Number: 2

APA
Altay, B., Çalmaz, A., & Bıçakçı, H. (2023). Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic. Caucasian Journal of Science, 10(2), 99-114. https://doi.org/10.48138/cjo.1260711
AMA
1.Altay B, Çalmaz A, Bıçakçı H. Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic. Caucasian J. Sci. 2023;10(2):99-114. doi:10.48138/cjo.1260711
Chicago
Altay, Birsen, Ayşe Çalmaz, and Hatice Bıçakçı. 2023. “Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic”. Caucasian Journal of Science 10 (2): 99-114. https://doi.org/10.48138/cjo.1260711.
EndNote
Altay B, Çalmaz A, Bıçakçı H (December 1, 2023) Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic. Caucasian Journal of Science 10 2 99–114.
IEEE
[1]B. Altay, A. Çalmaz, and H. Bıçakçı, “Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic”, Caucasian J. Sci., vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 99–114, Dec. 2023, doi: 10.48138/cjo.1260711.
ISNAD
Altay, Birsen - Çalmaz, Ayşe - Bıçakçı, Hatice. “Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic”. Caucasian Journal of Science 10/2 (December 1, 2023): 99-114. https://doi.org/10.48138/cjo.1260711.
JAMA
1.Altay B, Çalmaz A, Bıçakçı H. Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic. Caucasian J. Sci. 2023;10:99–114.
MLA
Altay, Birsen, et al. “Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic”. Caucasian Journal of Science, vol. 10, no. 2, Dec. 2023, pp. 99-114, doi:10.48138/cjo.1260711.
Vancouver
1.Birsen Altay, Ayşe Çalmaz, Hatice Bıçakçı. Being A Mother During The Covid-19 Pandemic. Caucasian J. Sci. 2023 Dec. 1;10(2):99-114. doi:10.48138/cjo.1260711

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