Difficulties, uncertainty, and opportunity : The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic by early to late adolescence in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00131371" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00131371 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.12844" target="_blank" >https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/spc3.12844</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12844" target="_blank" >10.1111/spc3.12844</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Difficulties, uncertainty, and opportunity : The experience of the COVID-19 pandemic by early to late adolescence in the Czech Republic
Original language description
The pandemic created an unfamiliar situation for adolescents, especially within the school context. Drawing on the theory of cognitive appraisal, according to which people evaluate the benefit, harm, and threat of a certain event, this study explored Czech adolescents' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted six focus groups with early (11–12 years), middle (14–15 years), and late (18–19 years) adolescents. Using thematic analysis, we identified three themes—pandemic as difficulties, uncertainty, and a (un)seized opportunity. While some younger participants initially perceived the pandemic as exciting, others struggled immediately with isolation, online learning, and disrupted daily activities. The feelings of distressing uncertainty, but also the appraisal of the pandemic as an opportunity to utilize free time differently, which in some cases faded over time, prevailed among late adolescents. This study captured the effects of the pandemic and its appraisals on adolescents' subjective well-being and the shift in the thinking of early and late adolescents.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Social and Personality Psychology Compass
ISSN
1751-9004
e-ISSN
1751-9004
Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
1-9
UT code for WoS article
001031225100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85165337645