The Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Adults Living in Turkey and Ways of Coping

Usluoglu F., Togay A., Atici M., Yoluk İ.

SOCIAL WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.37, sa.7, ss.1-16, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2117754
  • Dergi Adı: SOCIAL WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, AgeLine, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EBSCO Education Source, EMBASE, Geobase, MEDLINE, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-16
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: COVID-19, pandemic, quarantine, coping, Turkey
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study investigated the experiences and views of adult people living in Turkey about the changes in their usual life during the pandemic, the effects of these changes, difficulties they had, and ways of coping with these difficulties. The study adopted a qualitative design within the scope of the phenomenological approach. The study sample consisted of 449 adults. The findings showed that the changes due to the pandemic were divided into eight categories that included social life, work-life, daily routines, emotions, school life, economy, and cognitive and physiological changes. The participants reported both positive and negative effects of these changes in terms of emotions, cognition, work and school life, physiology, and social life. In the pandemic process, the participants were found to have difficulties in emotions, social life, work-life and economy, physiology, and daily routines. To cope with these difficulties, the participants were found to demonstrate various emotion-focused, problem-focused, and appraisal-focused behaviors.