DOING THE REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

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Instruction: Collect at least 25 research articles from reputable journal publications with publication dates not older than 2016. Use the template provided below in
reviewing your related literature.
Research Sampling
Method Technique
Journal Article Summary and Theory/ies
(Cite it using the APA Style 7 th Conclusion Utilized in the Research Design (Method in data (Number of the Data Analysis
edition) Study collection and the sample, how it Method/s
instrument/s used was determined,
in the study) and the technique
used in their
selection)
Tang, S., & Li, X. (2021). Responding to the This paper investigates Household Exploratory research It was conducted The participants were Exploratory survey
pandemic as a family unit: social impacts of social impacts on rural perspective design face-to-face, using a recruited through a technique
COVID-19 on rural migrants in China and their migrants resulting from semi-structured variety of channels,
coping strategies. Humanities and Social the spread of COVID-19 interview and in-depth including local survey
Sciences Communications volume 8, and their coping interviews associations,
Article number: 8 (2021). strategies during this snowballing and the
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020- period. It offers an authors’ own
00686-6 empirical picture of the networks. Since this
differentiated research was
experiences of designed to display
disadvantaged people at coping strategies of
different stages of the rural migrants in
life cycle in the context different life stages in
of a disaster. This paper the context of COVID-
not only extends 19, age, gender,
relevant theories by marital status,
focusing on rural occupation, and rural
migrants in the Chinese origins were
setting, but also considered when
provides insights into recruiting the
coping mechanisms respondents. The
from a household participants are total
perspective. of 29. The age of
participants in
interviews ranged
from 20 to 60 years.
14 participants were
female, which
accounted for almost
50 per cent of the
total participants.
Among the
respondents, 14 were
single and most of
them were younger
than 30. 15 were
married, who were
mainly middle aged or
older and had one or
more children.
Specifically, seven
participants were
younger migrants with
young children and
eight were older
migrants with adult
children.
Gadermann A. C., Thomson K. In response to the Family systems This descriptive study Data were collected Adults living in This investigation
C., Richardson C. G., et al. (2021). Examining COVID-19 pandemic, theory used a Cross- via an online survey. Canada (n=3000) to focusses on data
the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on policymakers and sectional examine the mental from the initial wave
family mental health in Canada: findings from a service providers observational design health impacts of the of our cross-sectional
national cross-sectional study. BMJ globally have been COVID-19 pandemic. survey;
Open 2021;11:e042871. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen faced with the challenge Outcomes among  further in-depth
-2020-042871 of having to make rapid parents with children investigations would
decisions that will have <18 years old living at complement this
immediate and long- home (n=618) were study by providing
term effects on the compared with the more understanding
mental health and well- rest of the sample. of these associations.
being of families and
children. Schools/child
care, communities and
government systems
play an essential role in
protecting and
supporting parents and
children, particularly for
families without reliable
access to the Internet or
virtual technologies.
While pressure is put on
parents, it is important
to remember that
families exist within a
social ecosystem with
opportunities to promote
child and youth mental
health.
Shah, M., Rizzo, S., Percy-Smith, B., Monchuk, The findings from the Family systems The approach This article draws on The project used The research team
L., Lorusso, E., Tay, C., & Day, L. (2021). study reported in this theory adopted was the semi-structured digital ethnography adopted a
Growing Up Under COVID-19: Young People's article suggest that, qualitative, youth- interviews that and participatory longitudinal
Agency in Family Dynamics. Frontiers in despite the lack of centred and youth- addressed a wide methods to track the ethnographic action
sociology, 6, 722380. comparable evidence led. The specific range of topics, not all responses of 70 research approach.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.722380 from all four countries, focus of the research of which were young people to the
young people reacted was determined by relevant to the central challenges created by
to, and were affected the participants’ own themes of this article. the pandemic and
by, the COVID-19 circumstances and The empirical work and make sense of
pandemic in similar choices.  described in this the experiences of
ways. Everywhere, study was designed young people (aged
participants recounted to analyze the 14–18) in four
“stories of heroic family intimate lives of countries: Italy,
closeness and young people from Lebanon Singapore
resilience” as well as diverse backgrounds and the United
“unmitigated family by engaging and Kingdom. These
stress and conflict” supporting them as countries were
(Lebow, 2020, p. 310). active participants in selected to reflect
Through the voice of the research process. contextual differences
young people, the in the political and
 findings support the
evidence outlined in the
literature review that
young people’s
resilience to adversity is
largely determined by
their family dynamics
and relationships.
Lee, S. J., and Ward, K. P. (2020). Research Parenting is hard, even
Brief: Stress and Parenting during the in good times. In the
Coronavirus Pandemic. Ann Arbor, MI: midst of the Coronavirus
University of Michigan Parenting in Context pandemic, American
Research Lab, WPRN-517152. Available at: parents are being
https://wprn.org/item/ 517152. presented with new
challenges on how best
to meet their child’s
needs. With schools and
child care centers
closed, parents are
providing more direct
care for their children,
with little respite from
teachers and other
caregivers.
Furthermore, many are
parenting their children
under stressful
conditions with a high
degree of economic
uncertainty. This
research brief examines
how parents are
responding to their
children during the
Coronavirus pandemic.
Biroli, P., Bosworth, S., Della Giusta, M., Di We have conducted a
Girolamo, A., Jaworska, S., & Vollen, J. (2020). study of family life in
Family Life in Lockdown. In IZA Discussion lockdown aimed at
Paper Series No 13398 Bonn: Institute of understanding how daily
Labor Economics. routine has been
cultural backdrop to
the crisis, public
health responses,
and cultural
orientations regarding
child rights and
political
representation.
Family systems Descriptive and The study was 58% of the parents in Provide open-ended
theory exploratory research conducted survey that this study were questions to collect
design administered through mothers. The average data
Prolific, a company age of parents was
that conducts online 35 years, and the
survey research. The average number of
survey asked children was 2. The
respondents to report majority of the
on their mental health participants had at
and wellbeing, least a bachelor’s
parenting, and degree (53%) and
economic situation identified as White
during the (White: 73%, Black:
Coronavirus 12%, Hispanic: 9%,
pandemic. Asian: 3%, Other:
3%). On average,
participants had
household incomes
between $50,000 and
$70,000. Many of the
parents in our study
(46%) had at least
one child between the
ages of 2 and 5, while
23% had at least one
child under the age of
1, 38% had at least
one child between the
ages of 6 and 8, and
40% had at least one
child between the
ages of 9 and 12
Family systems Descriptive design Data were collected The researcher have The researchers
theory using a survey run a survey with a used the sankey
total of 3,155 adults diagram from the
(18 - 83) and 237 data they collect
children (4-18) in the
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/223840 modified, how the USA, the UK and Italy
division of labour within over the period 11-19
the household has April, when the
changed, and how respondents had
personal wellbeing, been in lockdown for
family tension, beliefs 3 between 5-6 weeks
and aspirations, risk in Italy, 2-3 in UK and
attitudes, and the 1-4 in the USA
willingnessto cooperate depending on the
within and outside of the respondent’s state.
household have been These countries are
during lockdown. the three OECD
countries worst
affected by COVID-19
in both reported
COVID-19 deaths per
capita, 1 ( excess
mortality over the
pandemic2 and,
according to recent
OECD projections3 in
economic terms too.
Cattan, S., Farquharson, C., Krutikova, S., The ongoing pandemic Family Systems Descriptive and The researcher Between 29 April and High-quality and
Phimister, A., & Sevilla, A. (2020). Trying is, first and foremost, a Theory exploratory research collaborated with an 20 June 2020, the timely data are
times: How might the lockdown change time health crisis. But the online survey researcher urgently needed to
use in families? IFS Briefing Note 20 April social distancing company to ensure interviewed over assess how families
2020. https://ifs.org.uk/uploads/BN284-Trying measures being taken that the respondents 5,500 parents with at and children have
%20times-how-might-the-lockdown-change- to contain it are having came from a mix of least one child responded to the
time-use-in-families.pdf enormous genders, regions, and entering Reception in lockdown, and what
consequences for daily social and economic September 2020 or a longer-term
life, especially for backgrounds. The child in school aged implications this
families with children. researchers also 4– 15. The could have.
School closures and utilize in-depth researcher asked
restrictions on leaving description of the parents about their
the house will directly novel data that they employment
impact around half of have collected. circumstances, as
children’s waking hours. well as how they and
On average, parents are their children spent
likely to struggle to fill their time during a
the gap. Parents weekday. The
adjusting to working researcher also
from home, especially asked about the
those in dual-earner resources (both from
couples or who do not their schools and at
live with another adult, home) that school-
 will not be able to age children had
reconcile their new available for home
responsibilities for learning.
childcare and home
learning with the
demands of their work
without significant
flexibility on when they
work.
Salin, M., Kaittila, A., Hakovirta, M., and Anttila, The study revealed that Huston’s social- Exploratory research The researcher The study was To better track
M. (2020). Family Coping Strategies during all three levels of ecological theory was design conducted an online conducted between families’ coping
Finland’s COVID-19 Lockdown. Sustainability analysis: used as an analytical survey including both April and May 2020 to strategies, the
12 (21), 9133–9213. doi:10.3390/su12219133 macroenvironmental, framework to reveal qualitative and gather Finnish researchers
relationship and the individual, dyadic, quantitative questions families’ experiences employed both
individual, should be and group-level and an open-ended during the COVID-19 inductive and
taken into account in coping strategies that question. lockdown. deductive
order to understand these families approaches in the
coping strategies developed. data analysis,
employed by families inductively exploring
with children during the the coping strategies
COVID-19 lockdown in and deductively using
Finland. Indeed, during social-ecological
societal crises, such as theory to understand
pandemics, these three and interpret them.
levels should be
acknowledged also
when welfare state
policies and services
are developed and
employed. In social
work and counselling it
would be beneficial to
consider, whether the
three levels of families’
coping strategies could
function as a tool for
discussion and
assessment. When
assessing families´
needs for support during
crises, it would be
beneficial to examine,
what kind of reserves
and possible difficulties
families face at these
three levels.