‘I wish that COVID would disappear, and we'd all be together’: Maintaining Children's friendships during the Covid‐19 pandemic

CARTER, Caron, BARLEY, Ruth and OMAR, Arwa (2023). ‘I wish that COVID would disappear, and we'd all be together’: Maintaining Children's friendships during the Covid‐19 pandemic. Children & Society.

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    Abstract

    Friendship is a central focus in children's lives and is important for healthy development. During the Covid‐19 pandemic, children experienced restrictions on their interactions with friends. This research heard the voices of 10 children (7–11 years) in England regarding their friendships, drawing on data collected through creative participatory methods including drawings, photography and collages, and accompanying unstructured interviews. Findings provide new insights into how children endeavoured to maintain their friendships through virtual interactions, street/doorstep visits, and artwork, and how friendship disruption affected their well‐being. This paper argues for educators to heed the implications for the period of ‘Covid recovery’.

    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: ** Article version: VoR ** From Wiley via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for VoR version of this article: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **Journal IDs: issn 0951-0605; issn 1099-0860 **Article IDs: publisher-id: chso12693; society-id: chso-0247-22.r1 **History: published 04-02-2023; accepted 08-01-2023; rev-recd 27-12-2022; submitted 30-08-2022
    Uncontrolled Keywords: ORIGINAL ARTICLE, ORIGINAL ARTICLES, children's friendships, children's well‐being, Covid‐19 pandemic, creative participatory methods
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12693
    SWORD Depositor: Colin Knott
    Depositing User: Colin Knott
    Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2023 10:09
    Last Modified: 07 Feb 2023 10:38
    URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/31385

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