Examining children's questions and parents' responses about COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

dc.authoridVelioglu, Ilayda/0000-0002-3443-8110
dc.authoridUnlutabak, Burcu/0000-0002-1299-1177
dc.contributor.authorUnlutabak, Burcu
dc.contributor.authorVelioglu, Ilayda
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-19T15:12:42Z
dc.date.available2023-10-19T15:12:42Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.department-temp[Unlutabak, Burcu] Nuh Naci Yazgan Univ, Dept Psychol, Kayseri, Turkey; [Velioglu, Ilayda] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkeyen_US
dc.description.abstractCOVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on both adults' and children's everyday lives. Conversations about biological processes such as viruses, illness, and health have started to occur more frequently in daily interactions. Although there are many guidelines for parents about how to talk to their children about the coronavirus, only a few studies have examined what children are curious about the coronavirus and how they make sense of the changes in their everyday lives. This study addresses this need by examining children's questions and parents' responses about the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Turkish sociocultural context. Using an online survey, we asked 184 parents of 3- to 12-year-olds to report their children's questions about coronavirus and their answers to these questions. We analyzed children's questions and parents' responses using qualitative and quantitative analyses (Menendez et al., 2021). Children's questions were mainly about the nature of the virus (34%), followed by lifestyle changes (20%). Older children were more likely to ask about school/work and less likely to ask about lifestyle changes than younger children. Parents responded to children's questions by providing realistic explanations (48%) and reassurance (20%). Only 18% of children's questions were explanation-seeking why and how questions. Parents were more likely to provide explanations if children's questions were explanation-seeking. Family activities such as playing games and cooking were the most common coping strategies reported by parents (69.2%). The findings have important implications for children's learning about the coronavirus and how adults can support children's learning and help them develop coping strategies in different sociocultural contexts.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNuh Naci Yazgan University Scientific Projects Support Program [2020-SO-BP/1]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research reported here was supported by Nuh Naci Yazgan University Scientific Projects Support Program (Grant #2020-SO-BP/1).en_US
dc.identifier.citation5
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12144-022-03331-4en_US
dc.identifier.issn1046-1310
dc.identifier.issn1936-4733
dc.identifier.pmid35791305en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85133262294en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03331-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/5514
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000819712800005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.khas20231019-WoSen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Psychologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectExplanationsEn_Us
dc.subjectChildhoodEn_Us
dc.subjectMechanismEn_Us
dc.subjectChild question-asking behavioren_US
dc.subjectParents' explanationsen_US
dc.subjectExplanations
dc.subjectConceptual developmenten_US
dc.subjectChildhood
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicen_US
dc.subjectMechanism
dc.subjectSociocultural contexten_US
dc.titleExamining children's questions and parents' responses about COVID-19 pandemic in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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