Possible Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 and Isolation Process on Children

Year 2020, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 99 - 103, 30.06.2020

Gözde Akoğlu , Bedriye Tuğba Karaaslan

Abstract

COVID-19 ve İzolasyon Sürecinin Çocuklar Üzerindeki Olası Psikososyal Etkileri

Abstract

Özet

Yeni Koronavirüs dünya çapında yaygınlaştıkça ulusal sağlık politikalarına bağlı olarak farklı ülkelerde izolasyon süreçlerine ilişkin önlemler alınmaya başlanmış, birçok ülkede sosyal mesafeyi koruma ve ev ortamında bireysel izolasyon gibi uygulamaların hayata geçirilmesi ile yayılmanın önlenmesi hedeflenmiştir. Ne var ki virüsün birincil olarak yaşlı nüfusu önemli ölçüde tehdit eden yaşamsal etkileri, yapılan birçok çalışmada yetişkin nüfusa odaklanılmasına, çocukların eğitim ve öğretim süreçleri dışındaki akut psikososyal gereksinimlerinin ise çoğu zaman göz ardı edilmesine neden olabilmektedir. Oysa yapılan çalışmalarda, pandemi gibi öngörülemez bazı durumların çocuklar üzerinde kısa ve uzun dönemli olumsuz psikososyal etkileri olduğu bildirilmiştir. Bu noktadan hareketle yazılan bu gözden geçirme çalışmasında, yaşanan pandemi sürecinin çocuklar üzerindeki olası psikososyal etkileri ilgili alanyazın eşliğinde ele alınmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, pandemi, çocukluk dönemi, psikososyal etkiler.

Abstract

As the new Coronavirus becomes widespread around the world, precautions regarding the isolation processes have been taken in different countries depending on the national health policies, and in many countries preventing the spread was aimed by implementing practices such as individual isolation in the home environment. However, the vital effects of the virus that primarily threaten the elderly population can lead to focusing on the adult population in many studies, and the acute psychosocial needs of children outside the education and training processes can often be neglected. However, studies have reported that some unpredictable conditions such as pandemics have short and long-term negative psychosocial effects on children. In the present review study, which is written from this point of view, the possible psychosocial effects of the pandemic process on children are discussed with the related literature.

Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, childhood, psychosocial effects.

Keywords

Yeni Koronavirüs, Çocukluk Dönemi, Pandemi, Psikososyal Etkiler

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