THE IMPACT OF PANDEMIA COVID-19 ON THE RESILIENCE OF INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETY: SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Borislav Djukanović; Nataša Krivokapić; Silva Banović; Enita Čustović

Authors

Borislav Djukanović University Donja Gorica, Podgorica, (MONTENEGRO)
Nataša Krivokapić Faculty of Philosophy, Department of sociology, Nikšić, (MONTENEGRO)
Silva Banović University of Tuzla, Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation, Department of Speech and Language Pathology and Audiology, Tuzla, (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA)
Enita Čustović University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Political Science, Department of Journalism and Communication, Sarajevo, (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA)

Keywords:

Covid - 19, resilience, family relationships, emotional problems

Abstract

In this exploratory study, on the samples of 2705 respondents from Serbia and 1123 from Montenegro, the authors used an electronic survey to compare family relationships and affective life of adolescents before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contrary to the results of other research, the relations between parents and adolescents and the overall family relations were significantly better after the COVID-19 pandemic. Although to a lesser extent, improvement was also reported in affective life, although depressive syndrome remained dominant. The authors explain these unexpected results as a greater individual and group resilience due to increased family cohesion, as well as greater emotional and social support of parents during the Covid-19 pandemic. At first sight, paradoxically, significant catalysts for increased resilience were certain anachronistic collective-psychological patterns of patriarchal heritage in both countries and especially in Montenegro.

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