Resilience in the form of a postcard
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Resilience, COVID-19, Lockdown, Peer relationship, EducationAbstract
INTRODUCTION. The Covid-19 pandemic had a profound physical, emotional and social impact. The lockdown measures modified ways of relating to others, increasing levels of stress and anxiety. The uncertainty also impacted the educational sphere. Most research has focused on the negative consequences of lockdown on individuals’ mental health. The present article proposes a different view; from the perspective of resilience, it investigates how the subjects build new supportive relationships thanks to the possibilities offered by the educational space. The study is based on a postcard exchange between students of the Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore di Milano and the Universitat de Barcelona, from March to May 2020. METHOD. The aim of this qualitative study, consisting of a textual and visual analysis of the postcards, is to explore their potential as a creative and dispositional vehicle to foster resilience. RESULTS and DISCUSSION. The postcards emerge as instruments of resilience, providing examples of the creation of affective bonds and the activation of empathy strategies in the face of the lockdown situation. The study also shows that creative methods foster other modes of relationship and understanding versus more traditional methods of inquiry.
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