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

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dc.authoridUnlutabak, Burcu/0000-0002-1299-1177
dc.authoridVelioglu, Ilayda/0000-0002-3443-8110
dc.contributor.authorUnlutabak, Burcu
dc.contributor.authorVelioglu, Ilayda
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-24T17:18:54Z
dc.date.available2025-02-24T17:18:54Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentFakülteler, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü
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.
dc.description.sponsorshipNuh Naci Yazgan University Scientific Projects Support Program [2020-SO-BP/1]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research reported here was supported by Nuh Naci Yazgan University Scientific Projects Support Program (Grant #2020-SO-BP/1).
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12144-022-03331-4
dc.identifier.endpage13158
dc.identifier.issn1046-1310
dc.identifier.issn1936-4733
dc.identifier.issue14
dc.identifier.pmid35791305
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85133262294
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.startpage13144
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03331-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14440/901
dc.identifier.volume43
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000819712800005
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofCurrent Psychology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250201
dc.subjectChild question-asking behavior
dc.subjectParents' explanations
dc.subjectConceptual development
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subjectSociocultural context
dc.titleExamining children's questions and parents' responses about COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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