The Psychosocıal Impact of the Covıd-19 Pandemıc On Adolescents: Qualıtatıve Determınatıon of the Experıences of Adolescents And Theır Parents

Abstract

Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatic ramifications all over the world, with unprecedented psychological, social, and economic consequences taking their toll on many people’s lives in addition to increased morbidity and mortality rates. The pandemic has numerous psychosocial impacts on adolescents. This paper focused on adolescents’ and their parents’ views to determine the psychosocial impacts and challenges of the pandemic affecting adolescents. Design and Methods: This study adopted a qualitative phenomenological research design. The sample consisted of nine parents (eight mothers and one father) and nine adolescents. Participation was voluntary. Data were collected online through in-depth interviews, which were audio and video recorded and then transcribed. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: Participants’ experiences were divided into three periods: “initial reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic,” “growing up with the COVID-19 pandemic,” and “post-pandemic future.” Adolescents were nervous and afraid of getting sick and dying. They believed that the pandemic had adverse physical, psychological, behavioral, and academic impacts. They were hopeless about the future.
Conclusion: Adolescents growing up with the pandemic face many physical, psychological, academic, and behavioral problems.Practical implications: Healthcare professionals should support adolescents and their parents during the pandemic and adopt multidisciplinary care approaches to help adolescents grow into healthy adults.

Keywords

• The Covid-19 Pandemic
• Adolescents
• Parents
• The Psychosocial impact
• Qualitative
• Experiences

COVID 19 PANDEMI SÜRECININ ERGENLER ÜZERINE PSIKOSOSYAL ETKISI: EBEVEYN VE ERGEN DENEYIMLERININ BELIRLENMESI: NITEL ÇALIŞMA

Abstract

Amaç: Covid 19 pandemisi etkileri toplumlar üzerinde önemli izler bırakmaktadır. Morbidite ve mortalitenin ötesine geçerek psikolojik, sosyal ve ekonomik olmak üzere birçok yönden sonuçları olabilir. Ergenlerde pandemiye bağlı olarak psikososyal etkiler ortaya çıkarabilir. Bu çalışmada amacımız Covid 19 pandemi sürecinin ergenler üzerine olan psikososyal etkilerini ve zorluklarını ergen ve ebeveyn gözüyle derinlemesine yapılan görüşmelerle keşfetmekti. Gereç ve Yöntem: Çalışmada nitel araştırma deseni olarak fenomenoloji yöntemi kullanıldı. Çalışmaya gönüllük esasına dayalı olarak 9 ebeveyn (8 anne ve 1 baba) ve 9 ergen (11-18 yaş) ile derinlemesine görüşmeler yapıldı. Görüşmeler çevirim içi olarak yapıldı, ses ve görüntü kaydı alındı. Ses kaydı olarak elde edilen veriler yazıya geçirildi ve tanımlayıcı fenomenoloji yaklaşımı kullanılarak tematik olarak analiz edildi. Bulgular: Ebeveynlerin ve ergenlerin deneyimleri üç zaman dilimine ayrılabilir: Ergenlerde; “Covid 19 pandemisine ilişkin tepkiler”, “Covid 19 pandemisi ile büyümek” ve “Pandemi sonrası gelecek”. Pandemi ortaya çıktığında ergenlerin tepkileri hastalanma ve ölüm korkusu ve anksiyete ile ilgiliydi. Ergenler için pandemi ile büyümek ise fiziksel, psikolojik, davranışsal, akademik başarıda değişimler söz konusu idi. Ergenlerde gelecekle ilgili olarak hayallerinin olumsuz etkilendiği ve umutsuzluk olduğu bildirdi. Sonuç: Bu çalışmada sonuçları Covid 19 sürecinde büyüyen bir ergen olmanın; fiziksel, psikolojik, akademik ve davranışşal olarak birçok sorunun ergen ile birlikte geleceğe taşındığını göstermektedir. Gelecekte sağlıklı yetişkinlerin oluşabilmesinde pandemi sürecinde ergen ve ebeveynlerin sağlık profesyonelleri tarafından desteklenmesi ve bakımda multidisipliner bakım yaklaşımların tercih edilmesi gerekmektedir.

Keywords

• Covid-19 pandemisi
• Adölesan
• Ebeveyn
• Psikososyal etki
• Nitel
• Deneyimler

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