Liminality and insecurity: A qualitative study of young adults’ vulnerabilities during the first twelve months of COVID-19 in Australia
COVID-19 has disrupted the normative social order, particularly for young adults. Their deteriorating mental health over 2020 has been associated with the economic and social conditions during the COVID-19 lockdowns. We conducted 19 semi-structured interviews with young adults aged 8 and 29 most of...
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| author | Cathy Banwell Rebecca Williamson Philip Batterham Liana Leach Christine LaBond Alison L. Calear Anna Olsen Christine Philips Yixuan Zhao Tinh Doan Erin Walsh |
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| description | COVID-19 has disrupted the normative social order, particularly for young adults. Their deteriorating mental health over 2020 has been associated with the economic and social conditions during the COVID-19 lockdowns. We conducted 19 semi-structured interviews with young adults aged 8 and 29 most of whom lived in Victoria, Australia. The interviews explored participants' experiences and responses to COVID-19, covering areas such as disrupted everyday practices and future plans, impacts on their physical and mental health, and interactions with community and services. Young adults were concerned about loss of social connectedness, their mental health and the complex interplay of issues such as employment, income, education and housing. They developed routines to protect their physical and mental health while in lockdown and some made the most of new opportunities. However, the pandemic may have had a profound effect by disrupting some young adults’ plans for the future, thus contributing to a sense of ontological insecurity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e988986130141b9bea6d3c88d52fc2e2023-07-01T04:36:07ZengElsevierSSM: Qualitative Research in Health2667-32152023-06-013100260Liminality and insecurity: A qualitative study of young adults’ vulnerabilities during the first twelve months of COVID-19 in AustraliaCathy Banwell0Rebecca Williamson1Philip Batterham2Liana Leach3Christine LaBond4Alison L. Calear5Anna Olsen6Christine Philips7Yixuan Zhao8Tinh Doan9Erin Walsh10National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia; Corresponding author. The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia.National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaCentre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaCentre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaMedical School, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaMedical School, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Research School of Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, AustraliaCOVID-19 has disrupted the normative social order, particularly for young adults. Their deteriorating mental health over 2020 has been associated with the economic and social conditions during the COVID-19 lockdowns. We conducted 19 semi-structured interviews with young adults aged 8 and 29 most of whom lived in Victoria, Australia. The interviews explored participants' experiences and responses to COVID-19, covering areas such as disrupted everyday practices and future plans, impacts on their physical and mental health, and interactions with community and services. Young adults were concerned about loss of social connectedness, their mental health and the complex interplay of issues such as employment, income, education and housing. They developed routines to protect their physical and mental health while in lockdown and some made the most of new opportunities. However, the pandemic may have had a profound effect by disrupting some young adults’ plans for the future, thus contributing to a sense of ontological insecurity.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523000446COVID-19Young adultsLiminalityOntological insecurityQualitative methods |
| spellingShingle | Cathy Banwell Rebecca Williamson Philip Batterham Liana Leach Christine LaBond Alison L. Calear Anna Olsen Christine Philips Yixuan Zhao Tinh Doan Erin Walsh Liminality and insecurity: A qualitative study of young adults’ vulnerabilities during the first twelve months of COVID-19 in Australia SSM: Qualitative Research in Health COVID-19 Young adults Liminality Ontological insecurity Qualitative methods |
| title | Liminality and insecurity: A qualitative study of young adults’ vulnerabilities during the first twelve months of COVID-19 in Australia |
| title_full | Liminality and insecurity: A qualitative study of young adults’ vulnerabilities during the first twelve months of COVID-19 in Australia |
| title_fullStr | Liminality and insecurity: A qualitative study of young adults’ vulnerabilities during the first twelve months of COVID-19 in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Liminality and insecurity: A qualitative study of young adults’ vulnerabilities during the first twelve months of COVID-19 in Australia |
| title_short | Liminality and insecurity: A qualitative study of young adults’ vulnerabilities during the first twelve months of COVID-19 in Australia |
| title_sort | liminality and insecurity a qualitative study of young adults vulnerabilities during the first twelve months of covid 19 in australia |
| topic | COVID-19 Young adults Liminality Ontological insecurity Qualitative methods |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321523000446 |
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