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dc.contributor.author | Theron, Linda C.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Levine, Diane![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Ungar, Michael![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-05T11:00:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-05T11:00:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-12-21 | |
dc.description.abstract | There is widespread recognition that stressors related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) jeopardize the development of emerging adults, more particularly those living in disadvantaged communities. What is less well understood is what might support emerging adult resilience to COVID-19-related stressors. In response, this article reports a 5-week qualitative study with 24 emerging adults (average age: 20) living in a South African township. Using digital diaries and repeated individual interviews, young people shared their lived experiences of later (i.e., month 4 and 7) lockdown-related challenges (i.e., contagion fears; livelihood threats; lives-on-hold) and how they managed these challenges. An inductive thematic analysis showed that personal and collective compliance, generous ways-ofbeing, and tolerance-facilitators enabled emerging adult resilience to said challenges. Importantly, these resilience-enablers drew on resources associated with multiple systems and reflected the situational and cultural context of the township in question. In short, supporting emerging adult resilience to COVID-19-related stressors will require contextually aligned, multisystemic responses. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Educational Psychology | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | am2022 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the University of Leicester’s QR Global Challenges Research Fund. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.plosone.org | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Theron, L., Levine, D. & Ungar, M. (2021) Resilience to COVID-19-related stressors: Insights from emerging adults in a South African township. PLoS ONE 16(12): e0260613. https://DOI.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260613. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1371/journal.pone.0260613 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87519 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2021 Theron et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_US |
dc.subject | Widespread recognition | en_US |
dc.subject | Disadvantaged communities | en_US |
dc.subject | Lockdown-related challenges | en_US |
dc.subject | COVID-19 pandemic | en_US |
dc.subject | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_US |
dc.subject | Township | en_US |
dc.subject | Emerging adult | en_US |
dc.title | Resilience to COVID-19-related stressors : insights from emerging adults in a South African township | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |