ORCID
- Becky Stancer: 0000-0001-8152-7880
- Jan Georgeson: 0000-0003-3696-4170
- Katherine Gulliver: 0000-0002-1897-583X
- Tara Vassallo: 0000-0002-7743-9834
Abstract
A narrative longitudinal study of experiences and lessons learnt by an English academic researchgroup during the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the research group acted as both participantsand researchers. Each member of the group wrote their own accounts of academic and personalexperiences during the pandemic at two timepoints. Key lessons learnt included, Resilience, Redemption, Self-Discovery, Personal strategies, Academic skills, Realisation, Acceptance, and Resignation. Attimepoint one, the stories were generally progressive and were best described as accounts of ajourney. Performative aspects of the stories were found to include defended elements experiencedas ‘holes’ in the narratives. At timepoint two, narratives were characterised by a sense of heavinessand ‘stuckness’ but a developing openness in the accounts and group discussions emerged. Theresearch process was found to be therapeutic in supporting participants to create shared andpersonal meaning of events related to the pandemic, but also in developing a group identity,openness and shared bond.
Publication Date
2024-04-22
Publication Title
Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachments
Volume
4
Issue
3
ISSN
2634-4041
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
First Page
142
Last Page
162
Recommended Citation
Stancer, B., Georgeson, J., Bagchi, S., Myhill, C., Gulliver, K., Vassallo, T., Andrews, M., TUMKAYA, G., Southall, V., & Merk, R. (2024) 'Covid stories: A narrative exploration of experiences of the pandemic among members of an academic research group', Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachments, 4(3), pp. 142-162. Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/sc-research/529
