A photovoice study on youth's experience of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic

What is already known about this topic: (1) Unemployment threatens young people during the pandemic. (2) Young people experience poor mental health due to social isolation. (3) Distance learning execution is not adequate for youth in developing areas. What this topic adds: (1) Photovoice helps young...

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Published in:The educational and developmental psychologist 2023-07, Vol.40 (2), p.161-170
Main Authors: Kiling, Indra Yohanes, Bunga, Beatriks Novianti, Panis, Marleny, Damayanti, Yeni, Aipipidely, Diana, Lerik, M. Dinah Ch, Liem, Andrian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
College students
Colleges & universities
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Distance learning
Education
Foreign Countries
Global south
Health Behavior
Individual Development
Interpersonal Relationship
Mental health
Pandemic
Pandemics
Photography
photovoice
Rural areas
Self Actualization
Social distancing
Social Isolation
Student Experience
Undergraduate Students
Unemployment
Well Being
Young Adults
youth
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Summary:What is already known about this topic: (1) Unemployment threatens young people during the pandemic. (2) Young people experience poor mental health due to social isolation. (3) Distance learning execution is not adequate for youth in developing areas. What this topic adds: (1) Photovoice helps young people's voices in developing areas to be heard. (2) Policymakers in under-developed areas need to facilitate youth with various online skill-improving activities that are accessible, since not every youth has access to good internet reception. (3) Providing family-based intervention to social distancing issues faced by youth in developing areas might provide better results. The coronavirus disease pandemic and social distancing measures have threatened young people living in an underdeveloped region of Indonesia. Very little is currently known about how youth experience social distancing during the pandemic. This study aimed to explore the lived experience of this group within a large-scale social distancing context. Data were collected using a photovoice and participatory video approach with 15 young people in West Timor, Indonesia. The results of the study explain motives for maintaining social distancing protocol, self-improvement activities during the quarantine, and changes that occurred in social dynamics. Implications of the results are discussed with consideration of risk factors hindering the youth's well-being.
ISSN:2059-0776
2059-0784
DOI:10.1080/20590776.2022.2108696