PERCEPTIONS, EMOTIONS AND BEHAVIOR: CHILDREN, PARENTS AND ADAPTATION TO SPACE AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE FAMILY IN QUARANTINE TIMES

Abstract

COVID-19 is generating great concern and discomfort in Mexico and around the world, due
to the uncertainty and vulnerability that it generates in individuals. In addition to that,
psychologically, quarantine is affecting everyone without discrimination. One of the
vulnerable groups in this situation are the children.
The purpose of this research is to analyze the positive and negative effects in not only
children, but also the parents responsible for them, derived from this quarantine, and how
these effects are related to the physical space where they are found confined. In order to
achieve this, it will start by analyzing issues such as personal space, privacy, and even, if it
is the case, overcrowding; topics within environmental psychology.

To achieve the analysis, a study was carried out on different families in two states, Chiapas
and Durango, in order to identify the problems that they are going through, and whether they
are related to their living space or not.