Parenting practices and family relationships during the COVID-19 lockdown in Ghana
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Date
2022
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Journal of Public Health in Africa
Abstract
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-19 pandemic 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 containment measures of the COVID-19 pandemic
have negatively influenced the relationship
between partners and parenting practices in
Ghana.
Description
Research Article
Keywords
Parenting, practices, relationships, COVID-19, Ghana