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“I Don’t Know What World I Live in Anymore”: Social work student narratives of the COVID-19 pandemic
Qualitative Social Work ; : 14733250221114389, 2022.
Article in English | Sage | ID: covidwho-1928030
ABSTRACT
As an ongoing collective trauma event, the COVID-19 pandemic has produced varied experiences and narratives among diverse populations, which have implications for meaning-making and healing post-pandemic. This study examined narratives from six social work students to better understand how individuals make meaning out of the pandemic experience. Holistic content analysis was utilized to identify a core pattern, comprised of a single in-vivo quote, and key themes within each case. Two participants utilized imagery or metaphor to describe emotional impacts of the pandemic;two emphasized the social responsibilities and roles they were challenged to perform during the pandemic, particularly the role of being a parent;and two conveyed how they endured the pandemic through the use of self-care and grounding strategies. Participants? inability to perform their professional and community service roles during this event created a sense of internal conflict between one?s felt need to help and the internalized master narrative of social work as a serving profession. Findings illustrate how individuals find meaning through storytelling, grounding, identity navigation, and research participation through a collective trauma and indicate potential strategies for individual and collective processing and healing.

Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: Sage Language: English Journal: Qualitative Social Work Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: Sage Language: English Journal: Qualitative Social Work Year: 2022 Document Type: Article