Key result
Social unrest in Hong Kong led to reduced social connections, which impacted university students' coping strategies, relationships, and caused emotional distress.
Why the study?
Little is known about how university students living in residential halls thrived through social unrest with disconnection from social support.
How did the social unrest in Hong Kong affect university students living in residential halls?
How did the social unrest in Hong Kong affect university students living in residential halls?
Social unrest and reduced social connections negatively impacted the psychological wellbeing, relationships, and coping strategies of university students in Hong Kong.
Highlights gaps in student support during unrest; leaves open effective interventions pending larger prospective studies.
Social unrest has a significant impact on all citizens but for university students, little is known about how they thrived through this period with certain disconnection to social support while living in residential halls. Therefore, this study focused on the lived experiences of a group of university students and explored how the social unrest had affected them. Focus group interviews were conducted with 20 university students in Hong Kong. Using thematic analysis, the transcriptions were categorized into four themes: disruptions to daily routines, impact on psychological wellbeing, relationships, and coping strategies. It was revealed that reduced social connections during the unrest impacted their coping strategies and relationships, and emotional distress. This sheds implications on policymaking in residential halls and for university counselling services
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Ong et al. (2022) studied Exposure to social unrest (n=20). Social unrest was evaluated on Lived experiences and impact of social unrest (disruptions to daily routines, psychological wellbeing, relationships, and coping strategies). Social unrest in Hong Kong led to reduced social connections, which impacted university students' coping strategies, relationships, and caused emotional distress.
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