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Finding Strength in Times of Crisis? Post-Traumatic Growth During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Saudi Arabian Perspective.
- Source :
- Illness, Crisis & Loss; Jul2023, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p592-607, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper contributes to the Covid-19 literature by exploring the concept of post-traumatic growth (PTG) utilizing a mixed methods approach. The study examines to what extent the participants experienced positive growth and renewal arising from the prolonged period of lockdowns and emergency online learning. Exploring the experiences of 552 female undergraduate students in a private Saudi Arabian university, an online survey was utilized to gather the data. All the students had experienced online education as a result of the pandemic. The findings indicate the participants underwent a diversity of personal growth experiences. In addition, they also developed different coping mechanisms. The study provides insights into the responses of the students to the issues they were facing during the pandemic. It identifies ways in which participants experienced personal growth as well as a shift in perspective about their lives. There are implications for educators, counselors and policymakers emerging from this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ONLINE education
INDIVIDUAL development
COUNSELING
VOCATIONAL guidance
RESEARCH methodology
ACQUISITION of data
UNDERGRADUATES
EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITIES & colleges
MEDICAL records
QUESTIONNAIRES
STAY-at-home orders
STUDENT attitudes
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
POLICY sciences
EMOTIONS
COVID-19 pandemic
POSTTRAUMATIC growth
PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10541373
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Illness, Crisis & Loss
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164283764
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10541373221105815