Open AccessMore than one year surfing the waves of covid-19… and now the vaccination
Author(s) -
Cátia Branquinho,
Margarida Gaspar de Matos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1980-8623
pISSN - 0103-5371
DOI - 10.15448/1980-8623.2021.3.41303
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , portuguese , vaccination , covid-19 , competence (human resources) , perspective (graphical) , young adult , medicine , psychology , gerontology , developmental psychology , demography , social psychology , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , virology , computer science , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , communication , artificial intelligence , outbreak
Adolescents and young adults (AYA) have the skills to contribute to the issues that affect them. This work present the opinions/experiences of Portuguese AYA, related to COVID-19, based on four multi-method studies with participants aged 16-24 years: (1st lockdown) 617 (M = 19.1 years, SD = 2.352); (Back to school) 304 (M = 18.4 years, SD = 2.12); (2nd lockdown) 592 (M = 19.01 years, SD = 2.32) and (Vaccination) 558 (M = 19.34 years, SD = 2.266). In general, results shown that AYA have a negative perspective, especially girls and university students. Most are well informed about the general aspects and trust in vaccination benefits. As conclusion, this study shows AYA competence to participate in the issues that affect them and their ability to propose strategies that may mitigate negative effects and promote a few positive ones.