Exploring the stress of home quarantine among schoolchildren to discover the components that affect the meaning of place in residential complexes in Isfahan city

Subject Areas : Space Ontology International Journal

Sadegh Jahanbakhsh ¹ , Seyedeh Marzieh Tabaeian ² , Parisa Khayam Nekoui ³

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Received: 2024-07-22 Accepted : 2025-01-16

Keywords: Stress, Home Quarantine, Students, Residential Complex, Meaning of Place.,

Abstract :

In today's world, due to the necessity of home quarantines under various conditions such as air pollution and the spread of infectious diseases, students spend long hours at home. Therefore, adolescents who are exposed to such events are at risk of stress- and trauma-related disorders due to their immature emotional reactions and underdeveloped coping strategies. Hence, the necessity of examining student housing in the wake of the quarantine process and considering their physical and psychological needs to achieve their comfort at home is clear and important. The overall aim of this research was to understand and phenomenologically investigate the stress caused by home quarantines among students in order to enhance the components that are effective in experiencing the meaning of place in the environment of residential complexes. Therefore, the present qualitative (exploratory) study was conducted using a descriptive phenomenological approach. In this method, information was collected from existing reliable sources and semi-structured interviews with students in District 3 of Isfahan city, who were selected based on purposive sampling criteria and sampling continued until saturation was reached. To analyze the findings, the thematic analysis method was used using Atlas.ti software, and the data were categorized and described. The research results indicate that by examining the phenomenon of stress caused by home quarantine in students, considering their individual psychological-emotional and physiological behaviors during that period, and paying attention to the symptoms associated with this phenomenon, it is possible to discover the components that are effective in experiencing the meaning of place (environmental characteristics that are effective in promoting the environment and creating vitality in it). In fact, the indicators that affect the individual behavior of students in the residential environment during a long period of home quarantine have also affected the indicators of environmental vitality (physical and psychological indicators).

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