'How I'm feeling today, I probably won't be feeling tomorrow'. Using I-Poems to explore young people's changing emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic - A qualitative, longitudinal study

被引:4
作者
Scott, S. [1 ]
Mcgowan, V. [1 ]
Bradley, A. [1 ]
Visram, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Newcastle Univ, Populat Hlth Sci Inst, Fac Med Sci, Royal Victoria Infirm, Sir James Spence Bldg, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LP, England
来源
SSM-QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN HEALTH | 2023年 / 3卷
关键词
Emotion; COVID-19; Qualitative longitudinal; Diaries; Young people; I-Poems; EXPERIENCES; CHILDREN; HEARING; POETRY; HEALTH; VOICE; REFLECTIONS; PLACE; YOUTH; RISK;
D O I
10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100239
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background: Relatively little published qualitative research has explored children and young people's (CYP) prolonged or longitudinal experiences of the pandemic, and their emotional responses to such unreserved change to everyday life. As part of a broader, qualitative longitudinal study, this paper explores change and continuity in young people's emotions over time during the Covid-19 pandemic in North East England.Methods: I-Poems were curated for each of the 26 young people in this study from serial interview transcripts and diary entries, collected over the course of 16 months. Creation of I-Poems require researchers to focus on sentences made by the interviewee that include the word "I," and without changing the order of those sentences, to present them in poetic stanzas.Findings: Young people's voices and experiences became more poignant and powerful when their 'I' narrative was centralised, silencing the presence of the researcher. Further, presenting the data in this way allowed us to see how the following emotions shifted over time: grief, sadness, frustration, anger, anxiety, joy, pleasure, excitement. We contend that young people experienced significant rupture and change over the course of our 16 month project, with both positive and negative repercussions for their emotional wellbeing.Conclusions: Large scale (quantitative and qualitative) studies remain much needed to focus on the long-term impacts of the pandemic on young people's social, emotional and cultural lives. Longitudinal and creative qualitative approaches (such as I-Poems) have the potential to centralise participant voice, break down power dynamics, and allow exploration of shifting experiences and emotions over time.
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