Global experiences of physical distancing, social connectedness and social detachment in COVID-19 pandemic
The present study aimed to explore the effects of COVID-19 pandemic from global perspective. The study explored physical distancing, social connectedness and social detachment as an outcome of COVID-19 and its impact on individuals. Online survey was conducted from 522 respondents from across the...
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my.iium.irep.892812021-05-07T03:52:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/89281/ Global experiences of physical distancing, social connectedness and social detachment in COVID-19 pandemic Rehman, Adeela Arooj, Hina Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura Bakhtawar, Nadia Kubra, Khadija tul HM1 Sociology (General and theoretical) HM1106 Interpersonal relations. Social behavior HM1176 Social influence. Social pressure HM251 Social psychology HM621 Culture HM661 Social control HM711 Groups and organizations HM831 Social change The present study aimed to explore the effects of COVID-19 pandemic from global perspective. The study explored physical distancing, social connectedness and social detachment as an outcome of COVID-19 and its impact on individuals. Online survey was conducted from 522 respondents from across the world included, Asia, Europe, Africa and Western region. The participants of the study included wide-ranging age group (18- above 65), both less educated and highly educated, male and female with having single and marries status. The survey was conducted in three weeks’ time periods in the month of April, 2020. The collected data was transformed to SPSS to performed descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The findings of the study demonstrated significant correlation among physical distancing, social connectedness and social detachment. Simple regression analysis illustrated the significant impact of demographic characteristics on dependent variables. It is concluded that on the one hand, physical distancing was adopted as the only preventive measures against COVID-19, but on the other hand, due to advancement of technology providing multiplicity of online access strengthen social connectedness. However, social detachment is also imitated due to prolonged physical distancing and fragile social relations and interactions. It is recommended that by strengthening social connections, social detachment can reduced and the interval of physical distancing can be utilized more prolifically with the aid of technology Psychology and Education 2021-10-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/89281/1/89281_Global%20experiences%20of%20physical%20distancing.pdf Rehman, Adeela and Arooj, Hina and Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura and Bakhtawar, Nadia and Kubra, Khadija tul (2021) Global experiences of physical distancing, social connectedness and social detachment in COVID-19 pandemic. Psychology and Education, 58 (4). pp. 171-180. ISSN 1553-6939 http://psychologyandeducation.net/pae/index.php/pae https://doi.org/10.17762/pae.v58i4.4512 |
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The present study aimed to explore the effects of COVID-19 pandemic from global perspective. The study
explored physical distancing, social connectedness and social detachment as an outcome of COVID-19 and
its impact on individuals. Online survey was conducted from 522 respondents from across the world included,
Asia, Europe, Africa and Western region. The participants of the study included wide-ranging age group (18-
above 65), both less educated and highly educated, male and female with having single and marries status.
The survey was conducted in three weeks’ time periods in the month of April, 2020. The collected data was
transformed to SPSS to performed descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The findings of the study
demonstrated significant correlation among physical distancing, social connectedness and social detachment.
Simple regression analysis illustrated the significant impact of demographic characteristics on dependent
variables. It is concluded that on the one hand, physical distancing was adopted as the only preventive
measures against COVID-19, but on the other hand, due to advancement of technology providing multiplicity
of online access strengthen social connectedness. However, social detachment is also imitated due to
prolonged physical distancing and fragile social relations and interactions. It is recommended that by
strengthening social connections, social detachment can reduced and the interval of physical distancing can
be utilized more prolifically with the aid of technology |
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