Anomic Experiences in Anomic Social Conditions: Polish Youth During the Pandemic in the Light of Memoirs
Anomic Experiences in Anomic Social Conditions: Polish Youth During the Pandemic in the Light of Memoirs

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this text is to demonstrate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the psychosocial well- being of young people. For this purpose, the authors used the concept of social anomie as reconstructed by Krystyna Szafraniec, who pointed to seven dimensions of the experience of anomie: cognitive, axio-normative, interactional, identity-related, temporal, emotional, and behavioral. Consideration of these dimensions allowed for an in-depth analysis of empirical material consisting of pandemic-related memoirs obtained in two editions of a nationwide competition. The analyses used 103 diaries by authors aged 18–25. The collected material showed how the experience of the pandemic was especially difficult for young people due to their phase of life and social position. The subjects were entering adulthood in a context of uncertainty, limited social contacts, disruption of the temporal structure ordering their daily life, and emotional difficulties concerning their health and future.

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