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ERIC Number: EJ1252899
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 10
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ISSN: EISSN-2148-9378
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"Know-How" to Spend Time in Home Isolation during COVID-19; Restrictions and Recreational Activities
Güzel, Pinar; Yildiz, Kadir; Esentas, Melike; Zerengök, Devrim
International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, v7 n2 p122-131 2020
This study aims at identifying the emotional, physical, psychological, and social states of individuals who had to stay home for a while due to the measures taken to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and to determine what kind of recreational activities they preferred during this period. We used a mixed research method and composed the study group of 479 consisting of 297 female and 182 male participants with a non-random, convenience sampling method. Data was collected through questionnaires of open-ended qualitative questions. Findings address that recreational activities during the long homestay in a pandemic have psychological, socio-cultural, and physical benefits. Social isolation during such circumstances is known to be limiting the physical mobility of individuals and it did so in this COVID-19 pandemic process. While the main activity source was of technology of the people attended this research, we also observed that they are aware of the variety and the benefits of recreational activities at the same time. The respondents stated that the coronavirus outbreak had negative effects in terms of economic, social, psychological, and physiological contexts, but with the outbreak; staying in social isolation had also positive effects on their family such as exploring new things together, happiness, and spending time effectively. One other remarkable aspect is that respondents reported that they would do recreational activities soon after the social isolation period ends. In the results of the research, it is suggested that it is necessary to resort to recreational activities in order to both reduce the spreading effect of the virus in isolation at home and to overcome this process with the least negative impact, and individual and institutional efforts should be made for this.
International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies. Sakarya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Sakarya, Turkey. e-mail: ijpesjournal@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.ijpes.com/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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