A Qualitative Study on Psychological Distress Among Children of Alcoholic Fathers during Covid 19 Pandemic

Alcoholism is a serious mental health issue that affects families as a whole. In the midst of a global pandemic, everyone is allowed to be vulnerable and stressed. During the pandemic, alcohol use has risen dramatically. The negative impact of alcohol use in the family is more significant on children. Children of alcoholic fathers are at considerable risk for mental health problems and experience more extreme tension and stress than children of non-alcoholics. The fundamental goal of this study is to learn more about psychological distress experienced by children of alcoholic fathers during the pandemic. Employing qualitative phenomenological design, the lived experiences of psychological distress of children can be summarized into 4 themes. First, challenges that children experience physically. Second is the inability of children to adapt to the emotional sphere. Third, the conflicts that children experience in the social realm. Finally, academic barriers at home and school. From these results, we discovered that children of alcoholic fathers experience psychological distress on a physical, emotional, social, and academic level in their daily lives.