TY - JOUR
T1 - Parenting practices and family relationships during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ghana
AU - Owusu, Samuel Asiedu
AU - Ekumah, Bernard
AU - Kodom, Ruby Victoria
AU - Enyan, Nancy Innocentia Ebu
AU - Aboh, Irene Korkoi
AU - Quansah, Reginald
AU - Boamah, Sheila A.
AU - Boateng, Godfred O.
AU - Obiri-Yeboah, Dorcas
AU - Doku, David Teye
AU - Nsabimana, Epaphrodite
AU - Jansen, Stefan
AU - Armah, Frederick Ato
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© the Author(s), 2022.
PY - 2022/7/26
Y1 - 2022/7/26
N2 - The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been far reaching across almost every sphere of life. Families, which are the basic units of society, have not been spared the ravages of the pandemic. Changes in family daily routines as a result of COVID-19 can affect spousal relationships, parenting and childcare practices. However, the extent to which the pandemic has affected parenting practices and family relationships in Ghana is not known. The goal of this study was to assess how parenting practices and family relationships have been influenced during the COVID-19pandemic in Ghana. Data for this paper was drawn from an online questionnaire response from 463 participants in Ghana as a subset analysis from a multi-country study on personal and family coping system with COVID-19 pandemic in the global south. The mean score for pre-COVID-19 relationship with partner (36.86) was higher (p<0.0001) than the mean score for during COVID-19 relationship with partner (35.32) indicating that COVID-19 has had negative influence on relationships. The mean score for pre-COVID-19 parenting (32.78) was higher (p<0.0001) compared to the mean score for during COVID-19 parenting (31.40) indicating negative influence on parenting. We have predicted that participants whose coping levels were “Well” on the average, are likely to be doing well in relationship with partners and parenting practices during the COVID-19 period The challenging public health contain-ment measures of the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively influenced the relationship between partners and parenting practices in Ghana.
AB - The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been far reaching across almost every sphere of life. Families, which are the basic units of society, have not been spared the ravages of the pandemic. Changes in family daily routines as a result of COVID-19 can affect spousal relationships, parenting and childcare practices. However, the extent to which the pandemic has affected parenting practices and family relationships in Ghana is not known. The goal of this study was to assess how parenting practices and family relationships have been influenced during the COVID-19pandemic in Ghana. Data for this paper was drawn from an online questionnaire response from 463 participants in Ghana as a subset analysis from a multi-country study on personal and family coping system with COVID-19 pandemic in the global south. The mean score for pre-COVID-19 relationship with partner (36.86) was higher (p<0.0001) than the mean score for during COVID-19 relationship with partner (35.32) indicating that COVID-19 has had negative influence on relationships. The mean score for pre-COVID-19 parenting (32.78) was higher (p<0.0001) compared to the mean score for during COVID-19 parenting (31.40) indicating negative influence on parenting. We have predicted that participants whose coping levels were “Well” on the average, are likely to be doing well in relationship with partners and parenting practices during the COVID-19 period The challenging public health contain-ment measures of the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively influenced the relationship between partners and parenting practices in Ghana.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Ghana
KW - Parenting
KW - practices
KW - relationships
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U2 - 10.4081/jphia.2022.1849
DO - 10.4081/jphia.2022.1849
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135612758
SN - 2038-9922
VL - 13
JO - Journal of Public Health in Africa
JF - Journal of Public Health in Africa
IS - 2
M1 - 1849
ER -