Children Socio-emotional Development and Qualities of Sibling Relationship During COVID-19: Parents’ Perspective

Abstract

Mobility restriction affected mesosystem social unit, including children's relationship with parents and surroundings. Declining outdoor activities and attention shifting might expose children to envy and jealousy stimuli. The current study proposed to explore the understanding, experience, and support that parents need to reinforce children's socio-emotional development. A qualitative study was conducted to analyze theoretical assumptions systematically. The method of the study was an interview, along with purposive sampling and snowball sampling. MAXQDA was used to analyze the data, underpinned with several processes, including intercoder agreement, code-recode, and validation of related sides. Thematic analysis showed 3 primary clusters and 2 secondary clusters, which indicated children and parents' responses. Nurturing emotional intelligence, warmth relationship, and playing are being the crucial frequency codes. The qualities of relationships worked dynamically in two ways simultaneously. The study reached a conclusion that the learning between children and parents can be supported by parental treatment of children's reactions and disputes, parental involvement, early contact in sibling relationships, childhood habits, and emotional intelligence teaching strategy.