Estudio cualitativo
Published on 27 de octubre de 2022 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2022.09.2591
Individual memories and coping with the COVID-19 lockdown: Family members’ experiences
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The participants’ quotes, categories, and subcategories of data analysis.
| The samples of the participants’ quotes | Subcategory 1 | Subcategory 2 | Subcategory 3 | Themes |
| “The advantage was that I was more with my family. I did the housework with the help of my wife. I took care of the children. I did the backlog…” P3. | Helping the spouse with household chores | Increasing intimate communication in the family | Taking advantage of opportunities | |
| “We may not have had the time for children to have mental games, lively games with them at home before, but now these conditions have caused us to eat and reduce our age and play games with them, we were very close, it was good together, we have fun…” P4 | Consuming more time for children and spouse | |||
| “…About the relationship between husband and wife, I think it was a good experience. So, we became more intimate…” P4 | Increasing emotional intimacy with the spouse | |||
| “…During this time, I took care of the things that I was interested in but had not had the opportunity to do” P: 11 | More opportunities to achieve interests | Compensation and progress | ||
| “…During this period, children became more computer literate and learned a lot about using computers or teaching aids…” P.4 | Increasing children’s computer knowledge and skills | |||
| “…I was able to do the backlog…” P:14 | Dealing with backlogs | |||
| “…When the divorce happened in my life, one of my major concerns was: What will happen to me now? What will relatives think about me?... In the lockdown I found myself in a situation where few others asked me: "What happened in your life? Why did you get divorced and this happened to you?". The COVID-19 lockdown was a useful thing for me. I'm happy that someone has no relationship with me. I can say that I took advantage of this opportunity.” P.5 | Finding opportunities and conditions to adapt to personal crises such as divorce | |||
| “…These days of lockdown have caused to increase group games, children’s creativity, special creations that parents can help their children flourish... For many, it was a good start. Also, more reading for children, special training that they can have in the music, handcrafts, painting, reading” P.11 | Creating fun and creativity at home | Coping mechanisms | ||
| Trying to spend leisure time | ||||
| Sports, reading books, music | ||||
| “By increasing patience and endurance, we adapt to the conditions of the lockdown… in other words, the lockdown conditions made us more patient” P. 10 | Increasing patience and tolerance | |||
| “In the lockdown era, we had to connect with friends and relatives on the internet”. P. 9 | Forced Internet communications | |||
| “Corona opportunity to adapt to divorce crisis without the curiosity of others due to people’s mental preoccupation with Corona and limited relationships”. P.5 | Reducing people’s curiosity about others' private lives due to COVID-19 mental preoccupation | Positive social aspects | Social aspects | |
| “Corona really changed our living conditions... It made lasting changes in people’s lifestyles and health. So, we keep health protocols” P.16 | Changing people’s lifestyles toward keeping health protocols | |||
| “…Everyone could quit some bad habits in this situation. For example, I saw people who quit smoking because they are more in the family environment. Getting rid of bad habits...” P.5 | Quitting bad and harmful habits | |||
| “In my opinion, the best achievement of COVID-19 during the lockdown for all families, for all human beings, first and foremost, was that we learned how to take care of personal and public health, that is, so far, no matter how clean we were, we took care of everything. Until now, we did not know the correct way to observe hygiene, as we have learned now”. P.21 | Toward healthy behaviors | |||
| “Social relations have waned...we have immersed in isolation”. P.8 | Severing social ties | Negative social aspects | ||
| “…At first, I wanted to go and see my friends, but now I prefer to stay home as if I got used to living at home…” P.28 | Diminishing meetings | |||
| “We did not have any relationships with friends. My friend’s father died, and I really should have accompanied him. We are in a situation where we cannot be together anymore, and it is annoying” P.5 | Not being able to share the joys and sorrows with friends in person | |||
| “We had to contact others exclusively virtually” P.12 | Exclusively virtual contact with relatives and friends | |||
| “We learned to be thankful and enjoy the little things” P.11 | Trying to enjoy life | Gratefulness, pleasure, and happiness | Outcomes | |
| “One of the benefits I can tell you is that intimacy in the family has increased. We all care more about each other’s health…”P.5 | Developing a sense of help and cooperation | |||
| “Also, this lockdown has made people appreciate each other more, they may not be physically present together, but the same nostalgia that exists has made people enjoy each other more after the COVID-19 pandemic and appreciate each other more and realize that they easily ignored their lovers”P.11 | Appreciating each other’s existence | |||
| “One of the positive effects was that we did not appreciate health, we did not know how good it is when we are healthy, we did not appreciate it, we should be grateful for our health, but unfortunately we were not” P. 12 | Being grateful for health | |||
| “...My family and I are satisfied with the lockdown…it is a time for rest, …” P.25 | Being satisfied with the lockdown | |||
| “The situation of some businesses has deteriorated during the lockdown ... and they are living in an economic situation” P. 12 | Unhappiness with the state of society due to the weakening of social relations and economic problems | Concerns | ||
| “…I'm worried how long will this situation last?”P.16 | Worries about the stability of this situation | |||
| “…Due to the increasing use of the Internet during the lockdown ... the need to manage the use of cyberspace in families is felt” P. 28 | The need to manage cyberspace | |||
| “…Due to the uncertainty in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 disease, we are constantly seeking new information from various sources”. P.3 | Trying to seek information on COVID-19 disease | |||
| “…But there is a problem that we became overweight during this period due to this inactivity, and our desire to exercise disappeared because the previous activity in the community and at school has finally been eliminated, we also got used to laziness” P.4 | Closure of gyms and low suitable mobility and physical activity | |||
| “…For various reasons, including unemployment of some jobs due to closure ... theft rate and ... have increased” P.28 | Increased poverty and crime/social harm | |||
| “When I got pregnant, two months later we found out that the COVID-19 was prevalent. I was very scared. It was my first child and I was scared. I did not go out much, just for the ultrasound scan. I was afraid of catching the COVID-19 disease.” P2 | Anxiety | Psychological aspects | ||
| “This lockdown has exacerbated loneliness in the elderly.” P28 | Isolation and intensification of loneliness | |||
| “It is not tolerable for children and parents to be at home all the time, and a person becomes nervous, upset, and sometimes even depressed, and this also hurts the foundation of a good family. Anyway, anger arises, there are conflicts, there are conflicts. In a family that now requires strong management”. P: 11 | Mood and energy changes | |||
| “During the lockdown, my sleep-wake pattern has become disrupted.” P28 | Sleep-wake patterns disruption | |||
| “It is hard for me not to have any contact with society. Life has become soulless and un-motivating for me. Sometimes, I get so tired of the lockdown that I go to visit my friends without a mask.” P28 | Feelings of helplessness | |||
| “Those who came to social networks were drawn in a lot more and became more immersed in the virtual world. There are a number of things that result from the lockdown.” P5 | An increase in the risk of problematic Internet use | |||
| “…Marital relations have changed, many unspoken words are being said now. Of course, sometimes it is positive, but sometimes in most cases, it has had an unfavorable effect, unfortunately, it has caused to weaken the marital relations…” P.17 | A time for unspoken words | Damage and challenge to the foundation of the family | ||
| “This boredom and moodiness caused by the closure affects all members of the family, which somehow reduces the warmth of the relationships in families.” P18 | Increased conflicts in family relationships | |||
| More referring to family counselors | ||||
| Increased divorce | ||||
| “…I have seen that in some acquaintances families where abuse has increased” P.28 | Family members abuse to women, children, and the elderly | |||
| “…The cost of travel and children’s clothing has decreased. It is affordable…” P.6 | A reduction in transport expenses | Cost savings | Economic aspects | |
| A decrease in the cost of education and schooling for children | ||||
| “…According to the Nowruz ritual in Iran, due to the lockdown ... this year we did not visit and no expenses were spent for the parties”. P.12 | A reduction in holiday expenses and family visits | |||
| “...the issue that I see is that some jobs do not have any activities/ incomes due to the forced lockdown, and this has caused financial downturn”. P.13 | Recession/job loss/financial downturn | |||
| “…With the sudden introduction of exclusively virtual teaching, poor families can't afford buying tablets, smartphones and related electronic devices, and this causes disruption in the educational process of these people”. P.29 | Low-income families' unaffordability to prepare electronics for education | |||
Source, Prepared by the authors of this study data.