Kulcar Vanessa, Bork-Hüffer Tabea, Schneider Ann-Malin
Department of Psychology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
Disaster Competence Network Austria, Vienna, Austria.
Front Psychol. 2022 May 16;13:880646. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.880646. eCollection 2022.
Social contacts and social support represent resources that contribute to resilience. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated measures, including contact restrictions, posed challenges for young adults' social networks, in particular for their friendships. Employing a mixed-method approach, we investigated the pandemic's effects on friendships and their role in successfully navigating the crisis. We combined a qualitative approach based on narratives and in-depth interviews and a quantitative approach based on online surveys focusing on university students in Austria. Longitudinal data collections allowed investigating changes and developments as the pandemic progressed. Results indicate profound challenges for participants' friendships and difficulties in both building new and maintaining existing friendships. This also impaired the provision of social support by friends, scattering participants' social resources and diminishing their resilience rather than strengthening it. Altogether, the results of this longitudinal study suggest a lasting negative effect of the pandemic on friendships for students.
社会交往和社会支持是有助于恢复力的资源。然而，新冠疫情及其相关措施，包括接触限制，给年轻人的社交网络带来了挑战，尤其是对他们的友谊而言。我们采用混合方法，调查了疫情对友谊的影响以及友谊在成功应对危机中所起的作用。我们将基于叙事和深度访谈的定性方法与基于在线调查的定量方法相结合，调查对象为奥地利的大学生。纵向数据收集使我们能够研究随着疫情发展而产生的变化和发展情况。结果表明，参与者的友谊面临严峻挑战，在建立新友谊和维持现有友谊方面都存在困难。这也削弱了朋友提供的社会支持，分散了参与者的社会资源，降低了他们的恢复力而非增强了恢复力。总体而言，这项纵向研究的结果表明，疫情对学生的友谊产生了持久的负面影响。
