RESEARCH ARTICLE
The Quality of Family Interpersonal Communication during COVID-19
Andaleep Ades1, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2021Volume: 14
First Page: 304
Last Page: 310
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-14-304
DOI: 10.2174/1874944502114010304
Article History:
Received Date: 2/10/2020Revision Received Date: 19/2/2021
Acceptance Date: 08/3/2021
Electronic publication date: 11/08/2021
Collection year: 2021
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
The occurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the general lifestyle of people across the globe, especially with the new safety directives, which have affected people’s interactions in many different ways.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to examine the quality of interpersonal communication among family members during COVID-19 restrictions in Saudi Arabia. The study objective was achieved through investigating the three main questions: How is the pandemic influencing the connection and communication between the family members? How do the family members stay connected during the COVID-19 restrictions in Saudi Arabia? And lastly, what type of social media platforms are families using to stay connected with each other?
Methodology:
The present research used a Google survey form as a tool to receive responses from 400 participants in Saudi Arabia.
Results
The results have shown that COVID-19 has greatly affected people's interactions, including family interpersonal communication. Families have been forced to adapt modern forms of communication rather than indulging in normal face-to-face interactions, as various governments across the world encourage virtual communication.
Conclusion:
IMO has become very popular among various family members; however, some other applications have also been used to stay connected with the family, like Twitter, Facebook, and WhatsApp.
