Young adults’ perceptions of information on social distancing measures and everyday life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark and Sweden: an interview study
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With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Denmark and Sweden’s governments and health authorities implemented social distancing mea-sures as the main strategy to limit the spread of the coronavirus. In Denmark, these were mostly mandatory, whereas in Sweden they were primarily voluntarily based. The aim of this study was to explore how young adults in Denmark and Sweden retrieved and perceived informa-tion during the COVID-19 pandemic and what their experiences of every-day life were with the implemented social distancing measures. To this end, 30 Danish and Swedish young adults between 18 and 25 years were interviewed. The participants considered themselves informed and reflected on multiple sources of information. However, social distancing measures were translated in different ways and had both negative and positive implications for their everyday lives. Many participants felt that their youth – as a significant phase in life – became restricte
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Artikelnummer | 2312860 |
Tidsskrift | International Journal of Adolescence and Youth |
Vol/bind | 29 |
Udgave nummer | 1 |
Antal sider | 17 |
ISSN | 0267-3843 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2024 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Innovation Fund Denmark under Grant 0211-00026B. We thank all participants for taking their time to participate in the interviews and for providing valuable insights.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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