“Pandemic” in us:

meanings of experiences in University studentsassisted in virtual psychological care

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Keywords:

pandemic, COVID-19, young university student, mental health, phenomenology

Abstract

This research aimed to analyze the meanings of the psychological and social experiences of young university students attended by the UFRR Online Psychological Shelter project, from a phenomenological perspective, as well as to identify the support resources to deal with contemporary challenges and their emotional consequences caused by Covid pandemic - 19. The research was descriptive-qualitative, through the applicability of E

spirit, values, relationship with oneself and with others, in an interdisciplinary perspective. Four (4) clinical interviews were conducted. As a result, one can observe the predominance of negative psycho-affective impacts on the quality of life and health of young students, associated with anxiety, mood, stress, anguish, sadness disorders that reflect the importance of interpersonal relationships, therapeutic support services and living of self-care as a means of strengthening ways of being and dealing with suffering. Welcoming favored a space to give new meaning to experiences, recognizing their potential and limits. The study is an excerpt that may lead to further long-term research on the effects of the pandemic on human experience, helping to create strategies to minimize the negative effects of the experience, through welcoming and promoting well-being. dith Stein's phenomenological method (1917/1998), which aims to contemplate the human person in its subjectivity and intersubjectivity, in the dimensions: body, psyche, 

Author Biographies

Sylvio Souza, Federal University of Roraima - UFRR

Graduated in Psychology from the Federal University of Roraima. Email: sylviopb@gmail.com Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3465-6238

Joelma Ana Gutierrez Espíndula, Federal University of Roraima - UFRR

Associate Professor of the Psychology Course/CEDUC and advisor professor of the Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences – PROCISA, linked to the Federal University of Roraima. PhD in Science (FAPESP, 2008) from USP de Ribeirão Preto. E-mail: espindulajoelma@gmail.com Orcid: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-0856-3652

Published

2021-12-31