Housewife’s Administration of Coronavirus Emergency and Its Impact on Familial Relations amid Domestic Quarantine

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faculty of specific education

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The research aimed to identify housewife's management level of Coronavirus crisis and its impact on familial relations during home quarantine. The basic research sample included (200) housewives from rural and urban areas in Alexandria governorate. Using the descriptive analytical approach, the research tools consisted of a questionnaire that included (socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and their families, housewife’s management of Coronavirus crisis in all stages (awareness & goal setting / preparation & planning / implementation & confrontation / familial relations during home quarantine with all dimensions: relationship with husband, relationship with children & relationship with grandparents).
The research results showed a high level of housewife management of Coronavirus crisis in the two stages of (awareness & goal setting / implementation & confrontation), a high level of housewife overall management of the crisis and an average level of (preparation & planning). The research also showed an average level of familial interaction during home quarantine as for the relationship with (children & grandparents) and also an average level of familial interaction in all respects during home quarantine as a whole with a high level of constrained husband-wife connection,The research recommends the necessity of enacting the part of a specialist in institutions and domestic administration by holding instructive workshops to spread awareness of the stages and strategies of epidemic crisis management, and spreading the culture of the got to take after strategies and aptitudes of communication and interaction during these critical periods, to preserve the mental well-being of family members.

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