Coping Strategies to Psychological Stressors among Parents Living with their Children during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Langata Constituency, Nairobi County, Kenya

Mariam N. Miring’u and Wambua Pius Muasa Ph.D
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Mariam N. Miring’u: Institute of Youth Studies, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Tangaza University College, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya
Wambua Pius Muasa Ph.D: Institute of Youth Studies, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Tangaza University College, Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2023, vol. 7, issue 9, 480-490

Abstract: Coping with psychological stressors emanating from Covid-19 is significant for mental well-being of parents and their children. The study aimed to explore the coping strategies to psychological stressors among the parents living with their children during the Covid-19 lockdown. On March 10, 2020, the world went into lockdown due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The lockdown negatively affected the psychological well-being of both the parents and the children. The study employed phenomenological research design. Through purposive sampling the study utilized a sample size of 15 participants constituting parents who lived with their children during the lockdown period. Data was collected through the use of the Interview Guide and analysed using thematic analysis. The results showed that the coping strategies to psychological stressors faced by parents living with children during Covid-19 lockdown were online connection, prayer, reading, engagement in recreations, spending time with each other and taking precaution measures. The study recommends to counselors and psychologists to come with better alternatives of offering counseling services in the events they cannot meet their clients face to face. Finally, the study recommends to counselors and psychologists bodies to factors the ethics to be adhered to when counseling is offered through online services and counselors and clients cannot meet face to face.

Date: 2023
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