The resilience and mental health experiences of emerging adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Creating safeguards for the future

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dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Jillian
dc.contributor.authorHumbert, Bianca
dc.contributor.authorMacMillan, Robyn
dc.contributor.authorDuff, Celeste
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-07T19:24:08Z
dc.date.available2023-02-07T19:24:08Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThere is limited research on the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on emerging adults from diverse communities, including those with disabilities, international students, and students who identify as part of the LGBTQ2AAI+ community. A purposeful sample of seven undergraduate students, between the ages of 19 and 30, at a university in British Columbia, Canada, participated in this study. In-depth narrative style interviews were conducted via Zoom. Data were analyzed thematically and from a resilience lens framework. This study demonstrates that participants experienced a diversity of challenges, and thus engaged in differing processes of adjustment. Four protective factors were identified: (1) Positive relationships; (2) Perceived efficacy; (3) Purpose and ambition; and (4) Sense of normality. This study contributes towards the limited research base, and thus offers valuable insights, which can inform university policy makers, university administration, and public health policy makers to be better positioned to develop innovative adaptions of services and/or delivery.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.identifier.citationRoberts, J., Humbert, B., MacMillan, R., & Duff, C. (2022). “The resilience and mental health experiences of emerging adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Creating safeguards for the future.” SAGE Open, 12(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221082148en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221082148
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/14748
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Openen_US
dc.subjectemerging adulthooden_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19 pandemicen_US
dc.subjectmental healthen_US
dc.subjectresilienceen_US
dc.subjectsocial isolationen_US
dc.subjectprotective factorsen_US
dc.subjectvulnerable populationsen_US
dc.titleThe resilience and mental health experiences of emerging adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: Creating safeguards for the futureen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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