Vol. 25 No. 2 (2022)
Articles

FAMILY WELL-BEING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BULGARIA

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  • Mila Maeva
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7546/PsyRB.2022.25.02.03

Published 09/30/2022

Keywords

  • family,
  • COVID-19,
  • well-being,
  • overcoming mechanism,
  • Bulgaria

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Maeva, M. (2022). FAMILY WELL-BEING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BULGARIA. Psychological Research (in the Balkans), 25(2). https://doi.org/10.7546/PsyRB.2022.25.02.03

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic over the past three years has affected various aspects of life – political, economic, social and cultural. Their management and overcoming are crucial for the survival of our post-global society. The present study is complemented by disaster anthropology, and the goal is to track the pandemic and its impact on family well-being. The paper is based on the conducted field ethnographic research. Its aim is to describe and analyze three models of coping mechanisms for the crisis – in the capital, the small town and villages. The interlocutor's individual stories present changes in the economic situation, social relations, cultural transformations and the psychological consequences of the pandemic (insecurity, stress, negative emotions, etc.). The research is following the construction of various mechanisms to overcome the consequences of the pandemic, often adapting to the old ones, which are from the previous crisis periods, as a way to ensure family survival in the new disaster.

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