Relationship Between Parental Stress and Islamic Coping Strategies in Managing Children's Education During Covid-19 Pandemic

• Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings
• Main Author: Raffar I.N.A.Z.; Adnan S.D.M.; Dahalan N.N.N.; Aziz N.S.; Nasir M.F.M.; Jalani H.; Kadir N.A.A.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: American Institute of Physics 2024
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85196184518&doi=10.1063%2f5.0199375&partnerID=40&md5=f7c75647c7cd5b07aa8ab97b683e604b

Islamic coping strategies among the concerns that need to be address in dealing with the parental stress especially during the outbreak of covid-19. The Movement Control Order (MCO) during pandemic adversely give significant impacts in many aspects of human life especially emotional and psychological health. It was led people having stress, anxiety, loneliness, sadness, as well as persistent financial strain. Besides, it may add to the existing stress faced by parents as they need to concern about their children's mental and emotional health and adapting the drastic changes in teaching and learning (PdP) methods from face to face to online through home-based teaching and learning (PdPR). Thus, there is an urgent need to provide comprehensive strategies and approach for dealing with parental difficulties in order to support the continuation of family harmony and wellbeing. Therefore, the objective of this study is 1) to identify the level of difference in parental stress between different sex (mothers and fathers), and 2) to analyse the relationship between parental stress and Islamic coping strategies in managing children's education during the pandemic. The quantitative approach was utilised. A survey distributed online among parents (N = 516) using purposive sampling techniques. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), and Mann Whitney and the Spearman rho correlation test. Result shows that there was a significant difference on parental stress between sex and significant relationship between the two variables studied. Hence, it is hoped that this study not only provide fruitful knowledge to all parents especially Muslim families but could be made as reference or guidelines to the authoritative bodies in developing effective approach to empower the well-being of families in Malaysia. © 2024 American Institute of Physics Inc.. All rights reserved.