Comparison of Stress Levels of Working and Unemployed Mothers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The research was conducted to determine and compare the stress levels experienced by working and non-working mothers due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The research was carried out in two stages and both quantitative and qualitative research techniques were used together. In the first phase of the study, 420 working and non-working mothers were administered the scale, and as a result, it was determined that the stress level they experienced due to the COVID-19 outbreak differed between working and non-working mothers. It was found that the stress level experienced by non-working mothers was higher than that of working mothers. In the second phase of the study, 20 volunteer mothers were interviewed online. At this stage, it was aimed to determine the factors affecting the stress experienced by mothers. As a result of the interviews, it was determined that their children were the basis of the stress situations mothers experienced during the pandemic process. The areas where mothers experience stress related to their children were examined within the scope of health, education, mood, social relations and precaution themes. Five sub-themes were determined in the health theme, five in the education theme, five in the mood theme, five in the social relations theme and twenty in the precaution theme.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• stress and parenting
• motherhood
• mother
• child

COVID-19 Salgını Sırasında Çalışan ve Çalışmayan Annelerin Stres Düzeylerinin Karşılaştırılması

Abstract

Araştırma, çalışan ve çalışmayan annelerin COVID-19 salgını sebebiyle yaşadıkları stres düzeyinin belirlenmesi ve karşılaştırılması amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırma iki aşamalı olarak gerçekleştirilmiş olup hem nicel hem de nitel araştırma teknikleri bir arada kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın birinci aşamasında çalışan ve çalışmayan 420 anneye ölçek uygulanmış ve sonucunda da COVID-19 salgını sebebiyle yaşadıkları stres düzeyinin çalışan ve çalışmayan annelerde farklılık gösterdiği belirlenmiştir. Çalışmayan annelerin yaşadıkları stres düzeyinin çalışan annelere oranla daha yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur. Araştırmanın ikinci aşamasında gönüllü 20 anne ile online görüşme yapılmıştır. Bu aşamada annelerin yaşadıkları stresi etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yapılan görüşmeler sonucunda annelerin pandemi sürecinde yaşadıkları stres durumlarının temelinde çocuklarının olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Annelerin çocukları ile ilgili stres yaşadıkları alanlar sağlık, eğitim, ruh hali, sosyal ilişkiler ve önlem temaları kapsamında incelenmiştir. Sağlık temasının beş, eğitim temasının beş, ruh hali temasının beş, sosyal ilişkiler temasının beş ve önlem temasının da yirmi alt teması bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• stres ve ebeveynlik
• annelik
• anne
• çocuk

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