Ong, E;
Chu, S;
(2022)
University Student Perceptions of the Impact of the Social Unrest in Hong Kong.
Journal of Intercultural Communication Research
, 51
(5)
pp. 494-509.
10.1080/17475759.2022.2102058.
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Abstract
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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | University Student Perceptions of the Impact of the Social Unrest in Hong Kong |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17475759.2022.2102058 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17475759.2022.2102058 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Keywords: | Residential hall; social unrest; coping strategies; anxiety; connections |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10157760 |
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