Table 2. Detailed descriptions of the methods
S. No. Components Descriptions
1. Research Design A telephonic semi-structured interview protocol for data collection, Narrative Thematic Analysis method for data analysis, Constructivist approach of inquiry and To develop a deeper understanding and exploration.
2. Research Team   First and sixth authors have a good background in qualitative research in Psychology. The second, third, fourth and fifth authors were doctoral candidates with a good and practical knowledge of qualitative methods. These differences in age and experiences were managed by frequent telephonic discussion.
3. Contributions Authors 1 & 6: conceptualization, analysis and manuscript writing, Authors 2, 3, 4 & 5: data collection, analysis and manuscript writing.
4. Sample Extraction Out of 25 initially contacted, 20 mothers gave their consent and the rest did not participate due to some personal reasons.
5. Participant Recruitment The participants were known to the researchers before the study, Not paid any compensation, Institutional Ethics Committee approval was sought, Telephonic consent was collected, Convenience sampling method was used. The sample size was determined as per the suggestions of Guest et al. (2006), The participants were debriefed as per the exact goals of the study, The saturation was determined after completion of 16 interviews when no new codes relevant to the research questions were observed (Saunders et al., 2018), A pre-discussion among the authors eased the development of the interview protocol.
6. Data Collection   Data from each participant were collected in a single attempt through telephonic contact during the stay at their home during the lockdown. The goals guided the development of a useful interview protocol. The interviews were held for 36 to 43 minutes with an average interview time 40.20 minutes. Nature, causes and extent of the impacts of COVID-19 on the various dimensions of children’s lives were the basic questions. The contents of the interviews were recorded with the help of recording applications of mobiles and transcribed verbatim also.
7. Data Analysis The Narrative Thematic Method was used for data analysis (Creswell, 2014). The analysis method comprised organization and preparation of the data, obtaining a general sense of the information, coding, generating categories or themes and interpreting the data (Creswell, 2014). Confidentiality and reliability were ascertained through the assignment of code to each participant and checking/rechecking of the codes. The reading and rereading of the transcriptions enhanced familiarity with the meanings, insights and descriptions of the data (Barbour, 2001). The analysis of the data was the basic source of generating coding categories. A Handwritten Code Book was prepared to keep a record of the codes. Quality of coding was achieved through an iterative approach. The scrutiny, frequent checking and reviewing of the transcripts were done after a gap of two days to lower the distortions due to the over-involvement (Guest et al., 2012).
  Methodological integrity The evaluation of the data adequacy, analysis approach, frequent discussion, attending the evidence and a goals-focused consistent analysis helped achieve integrity.