The Impacts of Covid-19 on Family Relations & Social Integrity in the UAE: An Descriptive Study

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the community members’awareness regarding the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on family relations in the United Arab Emirates. The researcher analyzed the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis in terms of family relationship such as spouse, parents, siblings and others. By using the quantitative approach, the data is gathered from n= 300 randomly selected participants. Results revealed that, the outbreak of Covid-19 in the UAE led to strengthening the family relationships especially between the spouses. The mechanism behind strong relations involved shared household responsibility, giving more time to family matters, decreased distance leading to decreased conflicts, and others. Thus, the researcher concluded Covid-19 outbreak as a source of family reunion and strong relationships in general. As the lockdown, and social distancing confined people to stay at home, it provided
communication and interaction opportunities to the family members.Therefore, the researcher recommends more studies to examine the impacts of other social and healthcare crisis, to further highlight their impacts in a more indepth manner.