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Solution Focused Brief Counseling in Reducing Distress for Mothers Who Accompany Children Studying from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Embedded Mixed Method Research

Radhiya Bustan, Sheilla Varadhila Peristianto, Liana Mailani, Marsyela Novianti

Abstract

The existence of an online or distance learning policy as an effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus raises problems for parents, especially mothers who play a role while accompanying children to learn from home. Parenting that is closer to the mother causes the mother to have additional duties and roles. Various existing conditions cause distress such as the emergence of anxiety, and frustration due to role conflict, fatigue, and the emergence of physical illness. The Solution Focused Brief Counseling (SFBC) approach is an alternative solution to reduce maternal distress. The purpose of the study was to find out to what extent SFBC in mothers who accompany children to study from home during the COVID-19 pandemic can be effective in reducing distress. The research participants were seven working mothers who accompany early childhood learning from home and have close parenting with their mothers. The research design uses an embedded mixed method design, by combining quantitative statistical results (experiments) with qualitative findings (descriptive case studies). Quantitative data were analyzed using non-parametric Wilcoxon statistical analysis and descriptive qualitative data. The results showed that SFBC is effective in reducing distress, reinforced by symptoms of decreased distress in the mother. Physically, not susceptible to disease. Psychologically, sleep patterns become more regular, concentrate, are more patient, reduce impulsivity and anxiety, and can understand and find alternative solutions to the problem. SFBC is a solution to reduce symptoms of distress in mothers who accompany children to learn from home.

Keywords

COVID-19, distress, mother, mixed method, SFBC

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DOI: 10.21043/kr.v13i1.14786