The hidden (overlooked) impact of living through a pandemic: How parents of children with disabilities fared during COVID-19?

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dc.authoridBAYRAKDAR, UYGAR/0000-0001-6310-6492
dc.authoridKalkan, Sinan/0000-0001-6890-6421
dc.authoridKarnas, Mustafa/0000-0003-0304-1791
dc.contributor.authorRakap, Salih
dc.contributor.authorVural-Batik, Meryem
dc.contributor.authorKalkan, Sinan
dc.contributor.authorKarnas, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorSari, Halil Ibrahim
dc.contributor.authorBayrakdar, Uygar
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:54:04Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:54:04Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quality of life of families of children with disabilities and the mediating roles of perceived social support, perceived parental self-efficacy, psychological health, psychological resilience, and perceived family burden on this relationship. BackgroundChildren with disabilities and their families are among the most affected populations from the restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 virus, as the special education and rehabilitation services they had been receiving were interrupted. MethodA correlational survey design was used to collect data from 824 parents of children with disabilities in Turkey. Path analysis was used to examine the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on family quality of life. ResultsResults indicated that COVID-19 had a significant total effect on family quality of life and perceived social support, parental self-efficacy and psychological resilience had a mediating role on the relationship between impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and family quality of life. Perceived social support was found to the strongest mediator of the relationship between the impact of COVID-19 and the family quality of life, while perceived family burden did not have a statistically significant association with these variables. ConclusionFamily quality of life for children with disabilities decreased as the impact of COVID-19 pandemic increased. Perceived social support, parental self-efficacy and psychological resilience had mediating roles in the relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and family quality of life. ImplicationsCOVID-19 has resulted in disruption of special education and rehabilitation services for children with disabilities and their families. Changes in daily routines have brought up additional responsibilities to parents of children with disabilities. These additional responsibilities may adversely affect and increase the burden and stress families of children with disabilities experience. The high levels of stress in families negatively affect the welfare and quality of life and result in decreased parental attention to support their children. Findings of this study show the mediating link of perceived social support, parental self-efficacy and psychological resilience in the relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and family quality of life. Policymakers and service providers should develop and implement specific care actions to support children with disabilities and their families during and after the pandemic.
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/feduc.2022.827230
dc.identifier.issn2504-284X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85143898739
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.827230
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/25961
dc.identifier.volume7
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000895987400001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFrontiers Media Sa
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Education
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemic
dc.subjectfamily quality of life
dc.subjectchildren with disabilities
dc.subjectsocial support
dc.subjectfamily burden
dc.subjectparental self-efficacy
dc.subjectpsychological resilience
dc.titleThe hidden (overlooked) impact of living through a pandemic: How parents of children with disabilities fared during COVID-19?
dc.typeArticle

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