Covid-19 and emerging adults in India
A social representation approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2390499 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vrushali Pathak (0000-0002-7225-1955, Jamia Millia Islamia), Korsi Dorene Kharshiing (0000-0002-3072-8516, Jamia Millia Islamia, corresponding author), Mohammad Ghazi Shahnawaz (0000-0001-9322-3577, Jamia Millia Islamia) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 820-848 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354067x241242410 |
| OpenAlex | W4393118059 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 61 |
The outbreak and rapid spread of the novel coronavirus disease or COVID-19 had health, social and economic ramifications for people worldwide. Using the framework of Social Representation Theory, the present research attempts to understand how emerging adults (18-29 years) made sense of the COVID-19 outbreak, the role of collectives (organizations) in managing it, and the evolution of this understanding over time. The function of this theoretical perspective in the present study is to help make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic as a threatening event and in the process understand if responsibility or blame is attributed to specific collectives. Data was collected in two phases, from ten participants (four males and six females), aged 18-29 years residing in India. Semi-structured interviews were used to generate data. Findings have been discussed as 'sociogenesis of COVID-19', 'role of collectives: heroes, villains, or on the fence', 'collective symbolic coping: making sense of collective threats', and 'the next normal: learnings from COVID-19). Finally, this study would have implications for research on social representation and its evolution, especially of emerging infectious diseases and the representation of collectives may also be used to reevaluate health policies and get better prepared for future emergencies
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Geography · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Community Health and Development · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Law · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Virology
La psychanalyse, son image et son public
Everyday Discourse and Common Sense
The epidemiology and pathogenesis of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak
Social Representations Theory
Compensatory Control
Collective symbolic coping with new technology
The Covid-19 outbreak
Optimistic Biases About Personal Risks
The European Trust Crisis and the Rise of Populism
Covid-19 — Navigating the Uncharted
Media Skepticism and Climate of Opinion Perception
Study of knowledge, attitude, anxiety & perceived mental healthcare need in Indian population during Covid-19 pandemic
Stress, appraisal, and coping
The new life stage of emerging adulthood at ages 18–29 years
Comparison of Convenience Sampling and Purposive Sampling
Social representations
Covid-19 as an “invisible other” and socio-spatial distancing within a one-metre individual bubble
Dynamic social representations of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic
Lay perceptions of collectives at the outbreak of the H1N1 epidemic
Risk and 'The Other'
The Psychology of Risk
Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis
Mental health consequences of Covid-19 media coverage
Religious coping in the time of Covid-19 Pandemic in India and Nigeria
Different Conspiracy Theories Have Different Psychological and Social Determinants
The relationships between contact, status and prejudice
Understanding Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research
Depression, Anxiety and Stress Among Indians in Times of Covid-19 Lockdown
Trust in Government in the Aftermath of 9/11
Global Bird Flu Communication
Social Representations in and of the Public Sphere
Framing
Mass meets mosh
Representations of Sars in the British newspapers
Social representations of the coronavirus and causal perception of its origin
From social distancing to social containment
Schema Theory
Social Representations and Health Psychology
Anthropology and Psychology
Epidemic psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |