Stress in family in a pandemic COVID-19 (based on materials from foreign studies)
Governments of different countries, noticing high mortality rate of COVID-19 and its rapid spread, have taken unprecedented steps due to the threat of the spread of COVID-19, which have not been observed over the past 100 years (the introduction of a lockdown, the announcement of a social distancing policy). Previous pandemics (Ebola virus, influenza A) recorded disturbances in the life of the family, an increase in conflicts and disagreements in it. This article provides a review of publications - summarizing the results of numerous studies of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on families, parents and children. Adult family members face many stressors (financial stress, job loss, the transition to distance work and distance learning for children, limited social contacts). Parents and children have high rates of anxiety, emotional disturbance and stress. Parental anxiety is a predictor of emotional disturbances in children. The results of the research of foreign colleagues allow us to come to an understanding of the life of the family in the context of the COVID-19pandemic.