"It felt like I was in a parallel universe", a qualitative study of international students during COVID-19
(2020) PSPR14 20202Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Den här kvalitativa studien handlade om internationella studenter och coronapandemin utifrån kritisk realism. Forskningsfrågorna var hur påverkade coronapandemin internationella studenters interpersonella relationer, behov av tillhörighet och social identitet. Åtta (N=8) semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med internationella studenter som hade studerat i Sverige vårterminen 2020 och som hade bott i Sverige mellan 0,5–2 år. Genom en tematisk analys av intervjuerna identifierades fyra huvudteman: deltagarnas sociala liv före respektive under pandemin, pandemins påverkan på deltagarnas sociala identiteter samt pandemins påverkan på deltagarnas interpersonella relationer och behov av tillhörighet.
Resultatet visar att åsikter och... (More) - Den här kvalitativa studien handlade om internationella studenter och coronapandemin utifrån kritisk realism. Forskningsfrågorna var hur påverkade coronapandemin internationella studenters interpersonella relationer, behov av tillhörighet och social identitet. Åtta (N=8) semistrukturerade intervjuer genomfördes med internationella studenter som hade studerat i Sverige vårterminen 2020 och som hade bott i Sverige mellan 0,5–2 år. Genom en tematisk analys av intervjuerna identifierades fyra huvudteman: deltagarnas sociala liv före respektive under pandemin, pandemins påverkan på deltagarnas sociala identiteter samt pandemins påverkan på deltagarnas interpersonella relationer och behov av tillhörighet.
Resultatet visar att åsikter och beteende hos de sociala grupper som deltagarna tillhörde verkade ha en effekt på hur deltagarna betedde sig under pandemin. Pandemin verkade också öka skillnaderna mellan ingrupper och utgrupper. Resultatet ger insyn i internationella studenternas reaktioner till coronapandemin och hur de var påverkade av deras grundbehov av att tillhöra grupper i utmanande situationer. Dessutom kan en slutsats dras om att internationella studenter tillhör en sårbar grupp som riskerar att bli marginaliserad och för att motverka detta är social integration av internationella studenter i Sverige viktigt. (Less) - Abstract
- This qualitative study focused on international students’ experiences during the corona pandemic in Sweden from a critical realist position. The research questions were how did the corona pandemic affect the interpersonal relationships, need to belong, and the social identity of the international students. Eight (N=8) semi-structured interviews were conducted with international students who had been studying in Sweden in the spring semester of 2020 and who had been staying in Sweden between 0,5-2 years. Based on a thematic analysis of the interviews, four main themes were identified: the participants’ social lives before versus during the pandemic, the pandemic’s effect on the participants’ social identities as well as the pandemic’s... (More)
- This qualitative study focused on international students’ experiences during the corona pandemic in Sweden from a critical realist position. The research questions were how did the corona pandemic affect the interpersonal relationships, need to belong, and the social identity of the international students. Eight (N=8) semi-structured interviews were conducted with international students who had been studying in Sweden in the spring semester of 2020 and who had been staying in Sweden between 0,5-2 years. Based on a thematic analysis of the interviews, four main themes were identified: the participants’ social lives before versus during the pandemic, the pandemic’s effect on the participants’ social identities as well as the pandemic’s effect on the participants’ interpersonal relationships and need to belong.
The results show that the opinions and the behavior of the social groups that the participants belonged to seemed to have an impact on how the participants behaved during the pandemic. The pandemic also seemed to increase differences between in-groups and out-groups. The results offer insights about international students’ reactions to the corona pandemic and how they were affected by their basic need to belong to groups during challenging situations. Furthermore, it can be concluded that international students belong to a vulnerable group at risk of marginalization and to counter this, the social integration of international students in Sweden is important to work on. (Less)
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- author
- Majapuro, Emma LU
- supervisor
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- Elinor Schad LU
- organization
- course
- PSPR14 20202
- year
- 2020
- type
- H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
- subject
- keywords
- Corona pandemic, Covid-19, international students, need to belong, social identity, social psychology, terror management theory
- language
- English
- id
- 9033692
- date added to LUP
- 2021-01-08 08:36:36
- date last changed
- 2021-01-08 08:36:36
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abstract = {{This qualitative study focused on international students’ experiences during the corona pandemic in Sweden from a critical realist position. The research questions were how did the corona pandemic affect the interpersonal relationships, need to belong, and the social identity of the international students. Eight (N=8) semi-structured interviews were conducted with international students who had been studying in Sweden in the spring semester of 2020 and who had been staying in Sweden between 0,5-2 years. Based on a thematic analysis of the interviews, four main themes were identified: the participants’ social lives before versus during the pandemic, the pandemic’s effect on the participants’ social identities as well as the pandemic’s effect on the participants’ interpersonal relationships and need to belong.
The results show that the opinions and the behavior of the social groups that the participants belonged to seemed to have an impact on how the participants behaved during the pandemic. The pandemic also seemed to increase differences between in-groups and out-groups. The results offer insights about international students’ reactions to the corona pandemic and how they were affected by their basic need to belong to groups during challenging situations. Furthermore, it can be concluded that international students belong to a vulnerable group at risk of marginalization and to counter this, the social integration of international students in Sweden is important to work on.}},
author = {{Majapuro, Emma}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{"It felt like I was in a parallel universe", a qualitative study of international students during COVID-19}},
year = {{2020}},
}