Construing Worst Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA: A Thematic Analysis

David A. Winter; Alain Brunet; Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard; Razan Hammoud; Sabrina Cipolletta

doi:10.1080/10720537.2021.2012544

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Construing Worst Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA: A Thematic Analysis

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Construing Worst Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA: A Thematic Analysis

David A. Winter, Alain Brunet, Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard, Razan Hammoud and Sabrina Cipolletta

Journal of Constructivist Psychology, Vol.36(1), pp.1-21

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10720537.2021.2012544

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Abstract

COVID-19

experience

social effects

pandemic

anxiety

stress

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only resulted in millions of deaths but, together with the strategies imposed to contain the spread of the disease, it has had significant psychological and social effects. This paper considers these effects in residents of the USA, the country that has reported the highest number of deaths from COVID-19. Between April and May, 2020, responses were obtained to an on-line survey, which included asking participants, recruited by snowball sampling, to describe their worst experience of the pandemic. The responses of 741 participants, primarily female and Caucasian, were subjected to a thematic content analysis which used a primarily deductive approach in which these responses were viewed in terms of transitions in construing. The transition themes identified were anxiety; threat; loss of role; sadness; contempt; and stress. Various subthemes were also identified. The study provided further evidence of the utility of a personal construct framework in conceptualizing experiences associated with illness and the risk of this. Implications of its findings are considered at both an individual and a societal level.

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Title: Construing Worst Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA: A Thematic Analysis
Authors: David A. Winter (Corresponding Author) - University of Hertfordshire
Alain Brunet - McGill University
Marjolaine Rivest-Beauregard - Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Razan Hammoud - University of Padua
Sabrina Cipolletta - University of Padua
Publication details: Journal of Constructivist Psychology, Vol.36(1), pp.1-21
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc.
Date published: 2023
DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2021.2012544
ISSN: 1521-0650; 1072-0537
Copyright note: © 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Organisation Unit: Thompson Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991105741102621
Output Type: Journal article

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