Co-Constructing COVID-19: Learning Relational Practices From Families Facing a Global Pandemic

Stone, Jezzamyn Malia

Co-Constructing COVID-19: Learning Relational Practices From Families Facing a Global Pandemic

dc.contributor.advisor	Mudry, Tanya
dc.contributor.author	Stone, Jezzamyn Malia
dc.contributor.committeemember	Mendaglio, Salvatore
dc.contributor.committeemember	Moules, Nancy
dc.date	2024-11
dc.date.accessioned	2024-07-08T22:47:30Z
dc.date.available	2024-07-08T22:47:30Z
dc.date.issued	2024-07-05
dc.description.abstract	During the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, families around the world experienced a cascade of unanticipated changes to their daily living. The effects of a disaster event, such as a pandemic, can contribute to a decline in mental and/or relational health, and the family system has the potential to promote recovery and resilience by buffering such risks. Despite the surge of research on the pandemic since 2020, much of the literature about disaster events (the pandemic included) tend to focus on the individual, lacking representation of the family system. In addition, practical resources targeting post-disaster recovery is limited, including guidance for families and mental health practitioners who support families. The purpose of this research was to: (a) better understand families’ relational experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic by nature of their interpersonal patterns; (b) expand the empirical representation of pragmatic, family-focused research on natural disasters from a systems and social constructionist lens; and (c) disseminate practical knowledge, information, and resources to support family recovery and therapeutic intervention following disaster. I conducted virtual, multi-member family interviews with six families from Calgary, Alberta, Canada and surrounding areas within the first year of the pandemic. Drawing from family systems theory and social constructionism, I integrated the IPscope, a family therapy tool for assessment and intervention, with interpretive description as a method for data construction and analysis. Based on the findings, I constructed two conceptual models of families’ interpersonal patterns during the pandemic that demonstrate the benefits of the family system in navigating a disaster event.
dc.identifier.citation	Stone, J. M. (2024). Co-constructing COVID-19: learning relational practices from families facing a global pandemic (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1880/119146
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary
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dc.subject	Natural disaster
dc.subject	Pandemic
dc.subject	COVID-19
dc.subject	Disaster recovery
dc.subject	Family relationships
dc.subject	IPscope
dc.subject	Interpersonal patterns
dc.subject	Patterns of interaction
dc.subject	Interpretive description
dc.subject	Counselling psychology
dc.subject	Family therapy
dc.subject.classification	Educational Psychology
dc.title	Co-Constructing COVID-19: Learning Relational Practices From Families Facing a Global Pandemic
dc.type	doctoral thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Education Graduate Program – Educational Psychology
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
ucalgary.thesis.accesssetbystudent	I do not require a thesis withhold – my thesis will have open access and can be viewed and downloaded publicly as soon as possible.