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A qualitative analysis of how individuals with long COVID construct their resilience through narratives

Walzik, K.M. (2022) A qualitative analysis of how individuals with long COVID construct their resilience through narratives.

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Abstract:Long COVID has affected many people in the past two years. Since Long COVID is a chronic illness, the symptoms are long-lasting. This can be a disruption in the life of those affected. Therefore, analyzing how people suffering from Long COVID construct their resilience is vital, given the lack of research in this regard. Two modes of storytelling, narratives, and letters from the future, have been used in this thesis to understand comprehensively how people with Long COVID experience their condition. A qualitative approach, thematic analysis, has been used to analyze the data. Based on this data analysis, the following main themes regarding resilience have been constructed from the narratives and future letters: "Maintaining a positive attitude", "Decelerate life”, "Acceptance and Adaptability", "Visualization of the future”, "Connecting to other people", "Perseverance" and "Initiative behavior". These insights could be helpful for providers of health services to develop individual, holistic, caring plans based on the patient's unique needs to maintain or improve their resilience and, therefore, the ability to deal with health problems in a more adaptive way. The thesis makes a small contribution to narrative research as it analyzes how participants construct resilience not only in their past and present but also in their future lives.
Item Type:Essay (Master)
Faculty:BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Programme:Psychology MSc (66604)
Link to this item:https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/92280
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