Maloy Amy, Main Annischa, Murphy Claire, Coleman Lauren, Dodd Robson, Lynch Jessica, Larkin Donna, Flowers Paul
Humanities and Social Sciences Department, School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 29;13:861192. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.861192. eCollection 2022.
COVID-19 lockdown presented a novel opportunity to study the experiences of people attempting to maintain friendships in the context of worldwide, government-enforced physical distancing and lockdown. Here we report on an experiential, idiographic qualitative project with a purposive sample of Scottish students. Data was collected one-to-one on-line interviews with nine student participants ( = 9). Data was transcribed and analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Analysis highlighted three group-level experiential themes (GETs) and associated subthemes. Participants' shared experiences of maintaining friendships were reflected in a dynamic process by which (1) 'changes to communication' were associated with experiences of (2) 'effort and balance' across friendships. Participants reported becoming particularly aware of the psychological processes involved in maintaining friendships, in turn, this was associated with (3) 'reflection and growth.' These experiential findings resonate well with several longstanding classic theories; however, they also speak to the particularities of the context in which the study was conducted. They suggest the need for a pandemic psychology that moves beyond the typical focus on the direct impacts of infectious disease to address the wider psychosocial impacts with equal vigor.
新冠疫情封锁为研究人们在全球范围内政府强制实施的身体距离限制和封锁背景下维持友谊的经历提供了一个新机会。在此，我们报告一项针对苏格兰学生的有目的抽样的经验性、个性化定性研究项目。通过与九名学生参与者（n = 9）进行一对一在线访谈收集数据。对数据进行转录并使用解释现象学分析（IPA）进行分析。分析突出了三个群体层面的经验主题（GETs）及相关子主题。参与者维持友谊的共同经历体现在一个动态过程中，即（1）“沟通变化”与（2）跨友谊的“努力与平衡”经历相关。参与者报告称，他们特别意识到维持友谊所涉及的心理过程，反过来，这又与（3）“反思与成长”相关。这些经验性发现与几个长期存在的经典理论高度契合；然而，它们也反映了进行该研究的特定背景。它们表明需要一种大流行心理学，这种心理学应超越通常对传染病直接影响的关注，同样积极地应对更广泛的社会心理影响。
